Emergency living arrangements for the Grenfell Tower survivors have been branded a "total mess", two weeks after the area was devastated by a blaze.

THE lack of proper training and strategic planning at the country’s largest fire service is putting staff and the public at risk, according to an internal report.

AD HOC training.

IF the one million plus people who rely on Dublin Fire Brigade to come to their help in their moment of crisis have their confidence in the service undermined by a report that has uncovered poor management and training, then we would be foolish not to wonder if similar problems exist in the country’s 36 other fire services.

A firefighter who fractured a colleague’s skull with a Winnie-the-Pooh mug has been ordered to resign after a disciplinary hearing, it emerged today.