Firefighters, gardaí, paramedics and lifeboat crews sounded horns and sirens across the country today for National Services Day in honour of frontline workers.
Three helicopters from the Irish Air Corps also made a flyover of Dublin city centre to mark the occasion paying special tribute to the victims of Covid-19.
In 2018, the Government declared the first Saturday in each September as National Services Day in recognition of all emergency and frontline services.
The event was marked in previous years by a major parade through Dublin which was unable to take place this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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