Did you receive an emergency flash message on your mobile phone, followed by a loud warning tone? There is no need to worry; it’s a 'Test Alert' notification being carried out as part of a nationwide ...

A loud warning tone and flash "Test Alert" message appeared on mobile phones across India on Thursday, February 20, as authorities carried out another nationwide test of the emergency alert system ...

With this round, total funds raised stands at 1.5M USD Pune, 17th February 2026: Pune-based EdTech startup Beep, has raised 850K USD in a Pre- Series A funding round to accelerate its mission of ...

The “beep test”, a standard aerobic fitness measure used for prospective firefighters and Gardaí for the last 40 years, has been all over the news in the past few days. This is after Cork Fire Brigade ...

A former Garda sergeant has called the decision to award a part-time firefighter €8,000 in compensation after she failed a fitness test "absolutely outrageous." Ex-Garda Sergeant Christy Galligan was ...

The fitness test to enter the Gardai was made significantly easier last year - but the bleep test still remains part of it. (stock images) (Image: gettyimages.ie) An ex-Garda sergeant has slammed a ...

The decision to award a part-time firefighter €8,000 in compensation after she failed a fitness test is “absolutely outrageous”, a former Garda Sergeant has argued. In 2023, the woman, who was then 43 ...

The Workplace Relations Commission ordered Cork Fire Brigade to pay €4,000 for gender discrimination and a further €4,000 for age discrimination to Terézia Foott The "beep test", a standard aerobic ...

The “beep test” – a standard aerobic fitness measure used for prospective firefighters for the last 40 years – discriminates against women and advantages younger candidates, a tribunal has found, ...

It follows Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) Adjudicator, Úna Glazier-Farmer finding that the City Council discriminated against Terézia Foott on the grounds of gender and age when applying the ...