{"id":314143,"date":"2026-02-24T04:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314143\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:46:07","slug":"heroes-limerick-firefighters-and-bar-staff-save-choking-mans-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314143\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Heroes&#8217;: Limerick firefighters and bar staff save choking man&#8217;s life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE QUICK-THINKING of bar staff and actions of Limerick Fire and Rescue Service \u201ccertainly saved the life\u201d of a man who was choking to death, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/limerickleader.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> Leader has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who \u201cturned purple\u201d, had a lucky escape as the pub is located right beside the fire station in Limerick city so expert help was on the way in seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A reader contacted the Leader to say they were having breakfast in the Horse and Hound on Mulgrave Street when a man, who was sitting across from them, started choking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe girl working there ran into the fire brigade who are, thank God, just next door. They ran in fast and a firefighter did loads of that Heimlich thing (a life-saving first aid technique for clearing blocked airways) and unblocked whatever was caught in his throat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an incredibly frightening experience but I would like to say well done to the staff of the Horse and Hound who tried to help the man and immediately ran for help,\u201d said the person.<\/p>\n<p>They said the whole pub was very worried for the middle-aged man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looked very bad after it but I think he was OK. I just want to say well done to the girls in the Horse and Hound and the fire brigade for saving that man.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt all happened so fast it was like something from a movie. They are all heroes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/politics\/2022392\/mayor-of-limerick-bids-to-ensure-council-proceedings-can-be-downloaded.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mayor of Limerick bids to ensure council proceedings can be downloaded<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Leader contacted Limerick City and County Council about the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson confirmed \u201ca member of staff from the Horse and Hound Bar ran over to the Fire Station in Mulgrave Street seeking urgent assistance for a gentleman who was choking\u201d. It occurred around 10am on Friday, February 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of\u00a0 firefighters immediately rushed over to render assistance. Thankfully, they were able to assist and dislodged the blockage. The gentleman was very grateful to all and was checked over subsequently by members of the National Ambulance Service. We understand the gentleman made a full recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson concluded by saying the quick thinking of the Horse and Hound staff and the rapid actions of the fire crew \u201ccertainly saved the gentleman&#8217;s life that morning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>If the man would like to thank the firefighters he can email news@limerickleader.ie<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE QUICK-THINKING of bar staff and actions of Limerick Fire and Rescue Service \u201ccertainly saved the life\u201d of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,44,14563,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-314143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-limerick-city","11":"tag-limerick-city-and-county-council","12":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}