St John Ambulance Ireland - Southern Region

03/03/2026

It’s great to see lots of new faces in our Glanmire Division. New blood is essential for Divisions to thrive and Glanmire is clearly thriving. Welcome to these new volunteers and we look forward to welcoming them to duties soon.

01/03/2026

Today our volunteers were out along with our colleagues from West Cork Rapid Response providing cover for the Blarney half marathon. A great team providing great cover.

21/02/2026

We are very proud of our Glanmire Cadets who competed in today’s National Finals competition in Dublin. They came in second by only a couple of marks against some very tough opponents. Their care and skills in looking after their casualties was a credit to themselves and their trainers.

08/02/2026

We’ve had quite a busy weekend this week with lots of volunteers giving up lots of time providing cover at events. We had volunteers at MMA in Blackrock, covering Cork’s victory over Tipperary in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, as well as providing cover at Kartworld for the racing there. As always our volunteers were out giving to our community. It was great to welcome some volunteers from St John Ambulance Limerick who joined us in Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday. It’s great to have the team back together.

25/01/2026

A busy weekend for our volunteers again as we provided cover for the Munster rugby match in Virgin Media Park, Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Kartworld and hyrox in Ballymaloe. A busy few days for our fantastic volunteers.

03/01/2026

New year same commitment as our volunteers are out covering matches in Páirc Uí Chaoimh today.

01/01/2026

23/12/2025

On behalf of St John Ambulance Ireland, I extend Season’s Greetings to all who connected with our Charity throughout 2025—whether as a patient, trainee, partner, or contractor. It is our hope that your engagement with us brought support, learning, and benefit.

Our mottoes, Pro Fide and Pro Utilitate Hominum—For the Faith and In the Service of Humanity—invite us, especially at Christmas, to reflect on how we serve others and how we might continue that service with renewed purpose in 2026.

This season also calls us to remember with gratitude those who left us for their Eternal Reward during the past year. We hold in particular affection the volunteers of St John Ambulance who passed away in 2025. Their dedication, kindness, and service remain a lasting gift to us all.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas 🎄 and a Happy New Year 🥳. May the year ahead be one of peace, hope, and continued service to humanity.

John Hughes KStJ, Commissioner

14/12/2025

A status orange weather warning doesn’t stop Santa, neither does it stop us. Our volunteers were out today providing cover for the annual Santa toy run raising funds and toys for Bernardo’s, the Children’s Leukemia Association and Cork Penny Dinners. Three great local charities supported by another. Thanks to our super volunteers.

13/12/2025

A cold night in Pairc Ui Chaoimh for the Munster v Gloucester rugby game. Working with our friends from Civil Defence. Thanks to all for their time.

07/12/2025

As Christmas gets closer the duties get more seasonal. This weekend our crews were out providing pre hospital care at the newly opened Counting House in Cork and the annual Santa Cycle for our neighbours and friends in Goldbergs Bar. We also covered a night of cage fighting on Saturday night (Santa was not present at this one). Thanks to all our volunteers who gave up so much time again this week serving our community.

30/11/2025

As November ends and the days grow shorter our duty list starts to wind down towards Christmas but our fantastic volunteers are still out there providing care at events. Today we provided ambulance and off road cover at a point to point in Ballindenisk. Thanks to these crews and the crews we had out covering other events today.