Author: ukemergency

01-CE-2480 Airport police in County Clare have this bright yellow Ford Focus for their duties.

05-D-64558 Dublin Airport Police operate this smart 2005 Land Rover Discovery.

08-D-63578 Also at Dublin Airport is the Land Rover Discovery 3.

08-D-67698 The Irish Coast Guard have this 2008 Toyota Landcruiser as part of their fleet.

08-KY-4193 This County Kerry emergency doctor Kia Cee’d is run by the South Doc Service.



The rear view of the Kia estate, showing the green and yellow rear chevrons, instead of the more usual orange and yellow.

07-D-87223 and 04-D-70992 are a Ford Mondeo and Toyota Land Cruiser that are both with the Irish Coastguard.

This Toyota Land Cruiser is assigned to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It is fitted with a light bar and dark red / silver battenburg markings. The service deals independently with problems and complaints made against members of the Garda.

06-D-37018 is a Land Rover Discovery 3 that is used by the Blue Cross animal welfare charity. It is seen here in the corporate colours towing a horse ambulance trailer box. The charity provides cover at all Irish horse race meetings as well as day-to-day cover for road accidents etc. In 2007 the service had a total of four vehicles.

Here is a second example of a Discovery outside the Irish Blue Cross HQ in Dublin. Under Irish regulations, they can use blue flashing lights (which are magnetically attached) in appropriate situations.

98-D-53527 and 98-D-53531. The Blue Cross also operate the previous mark of the Discovery, a pair of which are shown here with horse boxes. They are two 1998 Ambulance units at Punchestown Racecourse in April 2002.

02-D-73692 This is a Toyota Avensis Airport Police car.

02-D-37953 The rear view of a similar car, showing the high visibility rear chevrons and amber flashing light for airside use.

05-CE-2282 This Clare-registered Airport Police car is a Ford Mondeo and has a dual-colour light bar.

91-D-48305 is a Mercedes Benz 1120 truck that is used by Dublin Airport Police. It is designated as a incident control unit and is decked out with blue, red, amber and white lights.

This Ford Transit is used by the volunteers of the Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team in County Wicklow.

95-D-34915 This Nissan Patrol is being used in the Republic of Ireland by the military police. You can see that it is fitted with blue lights and has a luminous yellow strip over green paintwork.

This airport police 4×4 has been fitted out with a clear roof-mounted light bar and unusually sized writing down the side of the car.

01-D-87690 The Irish Coastguard operate this 4×4 Mitsubishi Pajero for emergency work.

01-C-949 This Ford Fiesta is used by the Airport Police in Ireland. Its distinctive yellow colour and amber flashing lights make it stand out on the apron. Notice that the light bar on the roof has amber and blue lenses.



The rear view of the same Fiesta. You can see that a huge matrix sign is mounted on the roof. It can read stop, follow me, <<= or =>>. Also notice that a blue filter has been placed over half of the amber beacon on the roof.

04-D-58773 This Ford Transit Connect van is used by the Harbour Police. It is fitted with a Trail Blazer blue light with integral siren on the roof.

This Nissan Terrano is operated by Irish Customs & Excise. On the roof is a full-width blue light bar, flood light and amber flashing beacon.

03-D-51516 This Ford Explorer is used by the airport police at Cork Airport. It is liveried very differently to the local Garda vehicles, with a band of blue and white checkers down each side and a dual purpose light bar. The amber lights can flash when it is driving on the apron, and the blue lights to indicate an emergency. Four large spot lamps on the roof help when patrolling at night.