Bravery medal for fire rescue man

A Co Roscommon man is to be presented with a medal for bravery at the Australian embassy in Dublin tomorrow

A Co Roscommon man is to be presented with a medal for bravery at the Australian embassy in Dublin tomorrow. Mr Eoghan Donlon will receive the Royal Humane Society of Australasia silver medal for his role in rescuing a mother and her nine-month-old child from a burning house in Teringie, South Australia, on June 12th, 1998.

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