THE PEARSE STREET MEMORIAL

from Firecall Winter 2021

STATION PROFILE

ALWAYS REMEMBERED

The 85th anniversary of the deaths of three firefighters in 1936 was marked in a moving ceremony in October

Acommemoration ceremony honouring the three Dublin Fire Brigade firefighters who lost their lives at a fire on Pearse Street in 1936 was held at Glasnevin Cemetery on 5 October, the 85th anniversary of the tragic event.

The families of the three firefighters were joined at the ceremony by retired and serving firefighters, with CFO Dennis Keeley paying tribute to Peter McArdle, Robert Malone and Thomas Nugent, whose deaths led to an inquiry that helped introduce steps to modernise the fire service in the city. Speaking to those assembled, CFO Keeley said: “It is a great honour to welcome you today as we remember the 85th anniversary of the three Dublin Fire Brigade firefighters who lost their lives fighting a fire on Pearse Street in 1936. “Organisations like ours look to the future and prepare for it but equally we are deeply aware of our heritage. We remember the legacy left to us from those who went before, those who built that tradition of excellence, of selfless service and devotion regardless of personal cost.

“Our roots run deep in the history of this city and nowhere do they run deeper than here at these three graves. The last resting places of Dublin firefighters who gave their lives together on that awful night on the 5th of October 1936. On that night they responded to a fire at 134 Pearse Street, and while fighting that fire, were killed when the building collapsed after the fire caused an explosion of gas cylinders stored in the basement of that premises.

“In the aftermath of that disaster and their joint funerals, they were taken here to this historic place for burial, and here they lie. We come here today as we come here on other days, to remember them.”

CFO Keeley also paid tribute to the late Anthony Behan, nephew of Robert Malone, historian and public speaker who wrote and gave talks on the Pearse Street disaster, and to retired D/O, historian and author Tom Geraghty, who was a driving force behind placing a memorial plaque for the three men at the location of the building on Pearse Street. “His research and writing on the fire have preserved the history of that night,” he told the crowd.

“That history is our shared history, our heritage, part of our organisation’s culture, and this site of these men holds a special place in the story of Dublin Fire Brigade. We will remember them always.”

“OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY AND NOWHERE DO THEY RUN DEEPER THAN HERE AT THESE THREE GRAVES”

PROVING BEST-IN-CLASS TRANSPORT TRAINING

CPC Named All-Star Transport Training Company for 2021

CPC.ie has been named All-Star Transport Training Company of the Year by the All-Ireland Business Foundation.

The company founded by Tony Hynes specialises exclusively in CPC training, with 30 training centres nationwide and more than 22,000 successful students trained every year.

Having been in business for 30 years, CPC.ie has established itself as Ireland’s largest CPC training provider, and has now officially been recognised for its conduct in the areas of performance, commitment, trust and customer-centricity.

Business All-Star Accreditation is an independently verified standard mark for indigenous businesses, based on rigorous selection criteria. It is overseen by the prestigious All-Ireland Business Foundation (AIBF), an autonomous national accreditation body tasked with enterprise development and the promotion of best-in-class in Irish business. It includes an adjudication panel chaired by Dr Briga Hynes of the University of Limerick, and CEO of the Global Institute of Logistics, Kieran Ring.

The Foundation actively engages and supports its network through peer-dialogue, collaboration, mentoring and enterprise development activities. Companies are qualified for accreditation by completing an enterprise audit and are identified by their use of the AIBF’s Business AllStar Marque.

Speaking about the recognition as

Tony Hynes of CPC.IE an All-Star company, CPC.ie founder and CEO Tony Hynes said: “On behalf of the CPC.ie team, I am delighted to receive this Accreditation from the All-Ireland Business Foundation. To be named All-Star transport Training Company is recognition of the hard work that the CPC.ie team puts into providing a best-in-class service for our loyal customers.”

Kieran Ring, Deputy Chair on the adjudication board, also said of the announcement: “The Accreditation is in recognition of Tony’s outstanding contribution to the transport industry in Ireland. Furthermore, we wish to recognise Tony’s track record in establishing CPC.ie, Ireland’s leading CPC training company. Tony Hynes is hereby included in the AIBF Register of Irish Business Excellence.”

All-Ireland Business Foundation MD Kapil Khanna said the accreditation, which is now held by more than 500 firms, is needed by the thousands of small and medium businesses operating to their own standards but with nothing to measure them by.

“We evaluate a company’s background, trustworthiness and performance, and we speak to customers, employees and vendors,” he said. “We also anonymously approach the company as a customer and report back on the experience. The business goes through at least two interviews and is scored on every part of the process against set metrics.”