He met Civil Defence officers and volunteers and reviewed recently-purchased equipment and vehicles at Cork City Civil Defence headquarters yesterday .
Major clean up operations in Cork and Waterford in the aftermath of Storm Babet rsvplive.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rsvplive.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mitchelstown Fire Brigade attended the scene of a forest fire in Kilworth on Tuesday afternoon, where they assisted the Fermoy unit. The fire was also attended by two helicopters from Coillte, and the Cork City Civil Defence drone unit.
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A year in review: 12 months of living with Covid-19 and how Cork has coped during the pandemic
The world has now been living with Covid-19 for the last 12 months in what can only be described as an unprecedented event in our lifetime.
Breda Graham
As we mark 12 months since the novel coronavirus that emerged in China became a story, moving rapidly from a snippet in world news to the front page, The Echo’s Breda Graham recounts the story so far of Covid-19, and for Cork
It is now 12 months since The Echo first reported on a new virus that was emerging in central China. As cases of a new respiratory illness emerged out of Wuhan, in Ireland the Health Service Executive (HSE) South briefed Cork doctors on this novel coronavirus on January 23, 2020.