• IFESA - The Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association
  • IFESA - The Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association

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Equipment Capital program & Dublin Fire Brigade

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Letter from Brian Mohan, FF Local Area Representative

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IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE TO SILENCE?

From time to time IFESA receives information from Fire Fighters and members of the public in relation to incidents and running of Brigades.There are many issue that we have not highlighted that would be of concern to us.

There is a fear from Fire Fighters that should they try and expose any wrong doing in the Fire Service or information of any sort that they would be unfairly treated by management.Recently we would have seen the The Protected Disclosures Bill 2013,this was intended to address what the minister described as a significant gap in Ireland's legal framework.In our opinion this Bill has yet to offer the protection needed to whistleblowers.

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NATIONAL NEWS UPDATE - Summer 2013

It's been a long time coming this update but here it is in detail.

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IFESA Statement 02.07.13 re Ballot Result

Dear Firefighters,

The Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association (IFESA) have voted with over 90% against the Haddington Road Agreement as results from the ballot have shown. This document was discussed at length at a recent National Meeting which saw delegates from both full time and retained from all over the country making the journey to Sallins in County Kildare. It was felt by all concerned that firefighters have given enough already and simply do not have any more to give, the shameful demands and cutbacks being made on the frontline on a day to day basis is having devastating effects on the personnel who are struggling to cope with the effects both on a personal and professional basis. As before this agreement can be revisited by the Government at any stage and their track record in this regard speaks for itself.

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