Dublin firefighters granted High Court hearing over equipment

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

The Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association was granted short notice for an injunction hearing in the High Court on 21 January 2014 over allegedly failing breathing equipment.

The association said the equipment had repeatedly failed, including during a 5 January incident involving two firefighters tackling a blaze in Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.