Hot stuff at the firefighting olympics

Firefighters from Meath and Wicklow have been chosen to represent Ireland at the Olympics of the fire-service world later this year.

They were chosen after a hotly contested event staged by Rescue Organisation Ireland (ROI) to identify the best road traffic accident and trauma teams in the country’s fire service.

Almost 140 firefighters from brigades across Ireland, as well as visiting crews from Luxembourg and Portugal, took part in the Irish National Road Traffic Collision and Trauma Challenge at Ballyvolane Fire Station on Cork’s northside over the weekend.