Portlaoise Community First Responders

30/03/2026

Another great turnout to our Heartsavers training course last Saturday🙌🏻❤️
A massive thank to you to Laois Libraries for their continued support and allowing us to host these courses in Portlaoise Library.
We also want to thank Anne Twomey from Killeshin CFR group who also attended!

Keep an eye on our social media pages for the next HeartSaver course❤️

09/03/2026

A huge thank you to everyone over the weekend who donated to the group during our annual church gate collection on Saturday and Sunday in St.Peter & Paul’s Church Portlaoise.
We greatly appreciate the support from the community.
All funds raised from this event will be used towards vital equipment for the group!
It was lovely to speak to so many people who are supportive of our work in the community❤️

08/03/2026

On international women’s day, we want to thank all our the women in our community, our community first responders in our group, and all women involved in the NAS and CFR groups across Ireland for their constant efforts within their communities!
Happy International Women’s day to all you ladies out there❤️

06/03/2026

Portlaoise Community First Responders are hosting a free certified Heartsaver CPR course in Portlaoise Library on the Saturday, 28th March, from 10am - 1pm.

Learn how to do CPR, use an AED and receive a certification in these areas.

Interested in booking? Visit https://tinyurl.com/HeartsaverPortlaoise2 to book your spot!!

Laois County Council Laois Page Portlaoise Community First Responders Laois People LaoisToday

06/03/2026

We want to thank Pat Duggan from Muintir Na Tire who very kindly branded all our team AEDs and Public Access AEDs yesterday evening. This is an important safety feature to have in the event they’re used by a member of the public. Our email portlaoisecfrinfo@gmail.com is located on the side of all AEDs, in the event anyone needs to contact us!

06/03/2026

‼️IMPORTANT NOTICE‼️

All AED’s are now back in their locations and are up and running!

‼️IMPORTANT NOTICE‼️
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING AEDS WILL BE TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE DURING THE FOLLOWING DATE AND TIME:

🕚THURSDAY 5TH MARCH APPROXIMATELY 6PM-8PM.

THIS IS TO ENABLE PROPERTY BRANDING TO BE COMPLETED IN THE EVENT OF AN AED BECOMING MISPLACED OR STOLEN.

📍LYSTER SQUARE, LAOIS PHARMACY
📍ST. PETER&PAUL'S CHURCH
📍COOTE STREET PHONE BOX
📍MARYBOROUGH VILLAGE

📍ROCK OF DUNAMAISE OUT OF SERVICE APPROXIMATELY 5PM-9AM FRIDAY 6TH MARCH

05/03/2026

‼️IMPORTANT NOTICE‼️
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING AEDS WILL BE TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE DURING THE FOLLOWING DATE AND TIME:

🕚THURSDAY 5TH MARCH APPROXIMATELY 6PM-8PM.

THIS IS TO ENABLE PROPERTY BRANDING TO BE COMPLETED IN THE EVENT OF AN AED BECOMING MISPLACED OR STOLEN.

📍LYSTER SQUARE, LAOIS PHARMACY
📍ST. PETER&PAUL'S CHURCH
📍COOTE STREET PHONE BOX
📍MARYBOROUGH VILLAGE

📍ROCK OF DUNAMAISE OUT OF SERVICE APPROXIMATELY 5PM-9AM FRIDAY 6TH MARCH

03/03/2026

Join us on Saturday March 28th for our next HeartSaver course session❤️
Looking to get certified in CPR and how to use an AED? Come along to our course from 10-1pm in Portlaoise Library, Saturday March 28th
Register your attendance using the link below :

https://tinyurl.com/HeartsaverPortlaoise2

Laois Libraries

14/02/2026

Happy Valentines Day from all of us at Portlaoise Community First Responders ❤️🌹

10/02/2026

We had another great HeartSaver course on Saturday,thank you to all who attended! A huge thank you to Laois Libraries for their continued support and for hosting us in the Portlaoise Library!
We also want to thank Ger and Paddy from the Curragh CFR group, as well as Steven from Firbane fire service for coming along ☺️

If you’re a business,school or group who are interested in learning CPR, how to use an AED and other life saving skills, you can contact us on our page or email us at:
portlaoisecfrtraining@gmail.com

29/01/2026

Last night, some of our Community First Responders attended the AGM for People First Credit Union where we were nominated for the Community Champions Award. We’re very happy to say we were runners up, and received a prize of €2000. This will be used to install a new public access AED in Portlaoise. (Details of location to be confirmed)

We would like to thank People First Credit Union for recognising our commitment and service to the Portlaoise community, we also want to thank them for all their support to date!

We also want to thank our fundraising and events coordinator Claire Dunne, who submitted the nomination for the group scheme, and for her continued fundraising efforts!

26/01/2026

We are honoured to be a finalist in the People First Credit Union community champion award.
This is a huge achievement for our group since we were only established in March of 2024 and began responding to calls when dispatched from the National Ambulance Service in January of 2025.

Our group is committed to providing this service to the community. To date, since we started up we have responded almost 100 call-outs within the community, and have trained over 200 members of the community in CPR,using an AED and basic life saving skills.
Our goal in 2026 with the help of the community is to install more public access AEDs, to raise awareness of the importance of CPR skills and how to use an AED, as well as provide more training to the community.

Congratulations to the other two finalists and best wishes!❤️