Multiple services scrambled as injured person stretchered down from Slieve Bloom Mountains
Multiple services scrambled as injured person stretchered down from Slieve Bloom Mountains
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A visitor to the Slieve Bloom mountains in was rescued by multiple emergency services after an injury on Wednesday.
The incident happened on Wednesday, June 10, with Laois Civil Defence and Laois Fire Service called out to help the National Ambulance Service to bring down the patient safely from the mountain. Earlier today (Wednesday) Laois Civil Defence responded to a callout in the Slieve Bloom Mountains to assist the National Ambulance Service (NAS) with an injured patient.
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Plaque unveiled at site of an ancient church and burial ground on Laois Offaly border
Memorial in Cloneygowan near Portarlington
Bernie Kirwan and Breda Coleman O Coinnor unveil the plaque erected by locals to mark the site of Templeshenane ancient church and burial ground
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A plaque marking the site of an ancient church dedicated to St Senan and an adjoining burial ground has been unveiled at Bogtown outside Cloneygowan near Portarlington.
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