Rural Life
Farm accidents that require an airlift to hospital happen on a wider scale than people think, the Emergency Aeromedical Service warns.
The Emergency Aeromedical Service, better known by its call sign Air Corps 112, has played a key role in rapid emergency responses.
A farmer was airlifted to hospital following an incident on a farm in Co. Clare yesterday, according to the Irish Air Corps.
The Irish Air Corps had to be called in to assist local fire services and Bord na Móna in tackling a bog fire in Co. Laois.
The Air Corps was called in to assist local authorities in tackling a wildfire in Co. Donegal yesterday, Monday, April 22.
Wildfires raging across the Wicklow Mountains have necessitated calling in the "big guns" in recent days, with the Irish Air Corps deployed.
N.Ireland
Members of the Irish Air Corps were called in to assist Northern Irish firefighters battle a serious gorse fire in Co. Armagh earlier today.
Environment
Over the weekend the Irish Air Corps were called in to help battle a gorse fire in the Ox Mountains in Co. Sligo.
