Rural Life
Local fire services dealt with a fire at a farm in the east of Co. Donegal last night (Thursday, August 22).
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) will contact farmers whose land has been burned following fires in Co. Carlow.
Two people have died in a house fire that occurred overnight in rural Co. Mayo, close to the town of Swinford.
A investigation is underway by An Garda Síochána in Co. Tipperary after a substantial number of straw bales were set alight.
N.Ireland
On what was supposed to be his retirement party, a firefighter was called to assist in the rescue of 28 calves from a slurry pit in Co. Armagh.
Wexford County Fire Service has praised farmers for their "quick and appropriate responses" to several blazes yesterday.
Fire crews in Co. Wicklow are currently battling a forest fire at Crone Woods in Enniskerry, a section of woodland in the north-east...
Several fire crew units attended "major bog fires" in north-east Co. Roscommon last night (Saturday, March 20).
Several rural areas are set to benefit from funding announced this week under a new Fire Service Capital Programme.
Firefighters from Monaghan Fire and Civil Protection facilitated the rescue of cattle from a slurry pit in Castleblaney earlier this week.
Units from two Co. Kerry fire stations were mobilised to tackle a blaze in a shed containing over 50 bales and various machinery.
Emergency services equipment was stolen from a vehicle while firefighters were battling a bog fire in Co. Roscommon over the weekend.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a Condition Orange - High Fire Risk warning for recent gorse fire incidents.
A number of firefighters were called to assist some 400 cows at a dairy farm in the UK last night (Tuesday, February 26).
The growing public frustration over illegal wild fires is being underestimated by politicians, according to the Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT).
