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Dublin's Q102 By Mike Gilmore A status yellow forest fire warning is in place from March 1st - September 1st, which is the traditional fire outbreak season in Ireland. The state forestry agency, Coillte, is reminding the public of the dangers of outdoor fires this Easter bank holiday weekend.  Between 2016 and 2020, almost 6,000 acres of forest has been damaged by fires, with 584 forest fires on Coillte lands over the same period. Coillte explains that around 99% of forest fires are started by people, whether it's barbeques or unattended fires in people...

The head of the HSE says the vaccine validation process will be robust when it opens to the public.

Dublin's Q102 By Kevin O'Mahony Image: Stock Photo There are calls for the board of the Coombe Hospital to make it clear they have confidence in the facility's Master. It comes after a Consultant at the hospital left with prepared vaccine doses for their family. Throughout the evening of Friday, January 8th, GPs and other local health workers arrived at the Coombe Hospital to receive a vaccine dose. After half eight, the queue in the car park "thinned out" unexpectedly with a number of doses already diluted. There were 1...

Dublin's Q102 By Mike Gilmore Two men in their 20s have been charged and will appear in court later this morning. Gardaí at Kevin Street investigating a shooting on the Southside have charged two of the men arrested in connection with the incident.  Two men, aged in their mid and late 20s, were charged in connection with the shooting of a teenager on Eugene Street on February 24th.  A 17-year-old was ambushed and shot as he entered a taxi on the night in question.  Five arrests were initially made, including one juvenile, following investigations int...

Good Morning Britain weatherman Alex Beresford has revealed racist abuse following the fallout with Piers Morgan three weeks ago.