SInn Féin's Paul Donnelly has topped the poll in Dublin West by-election.

A plan by the HSE to take control of Dublin's ambulance service is being slammed.

There has been a call for national integrated system of fire and ambulance services.

A war of words has broken out between Waterford County Council and firefighters in the county over claims some rural stations are being closed for days to facilitate training.

Firefighters are urging Dublin City Council to lift water restrictions tonight - as Hallowe'en is their busiest night of the year.

Dublin City Council’s controversial call-out charge for use of the fire service has recouped just one-third of the fees owed for this year so far.

Wicklow County Council has expressed sincere regret for breaching safety legislation following a trial arising from the deaths of two fire fighters.

Fire call-out charges are deterring people from seeking help in emergencies and should be removed immediately to help save lives, it has been claimed.

FEWER than one third of the homes where people died in fires over the past two years had smoke alarms fitted, and it was not possible to say for certain if all of them were working.

A protest is taking place in Co Roscommon today in solidarity with 28 firefighters who have been stood down by the council.

Broken heart syndrome is medical recognition finally of what literature has always known, that anguish and sorrow can kill, says Sharon Ní Chonchuir

Firefighters have said that there are "huge levels of wastage" in the fire service.

A GROUP representing firefighters in Ireland has hit out at government budget cuts which it says are hitting emergency services.

A GROUP representing firefighters in Ireland has hit out at government budget cuts which it says are hitting emergency services.

The HSE is being accused of not being able to cope with the level of emergency requests for ambulances in Dublin.

Firefighters and paramedics today joined forces with psychiatric nurses to form a new trade union for frontline staff in the public service.

THE president of the country’s largest trade union has warned public service workers they must separate their anger over the Government’s handling of banking crisis from the decision they must make on whether to accept or reject the latest pay deal.

UP to 2,000 of the country’s full-time firefighters may be balloted for industrial action over the failure by fire chiefs to consult with union leaders on a new industry committee.

SPORTS Minister John O'Donoghue has announced the appointment of three new members to the Board of Horse Racing Ireland - Michael Doyle, Michael Murphy and James Nicholson.