For Cork City Fire Brigade, it’ll be emergency call-outs instead of presents and lunch on December 25
Robert O’Brien (centre) and the firefighters of Anglesea Street Fire Station, Cork City, who will be on duty on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
Thirty Cork City Fire Brigade members will leave their families on Christmas morning and forgo their lunches to ensure it is a safe festive season for others.
They are part of Ireland’s unheralded army of “blue lights heroes” who work unsocial hours this Christmas to protect the public.