National Day of Commemoration in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham
July 24, 2026
Order of Malta Ireland welcomed emergency first responders from Ukraine, Poland and Romania to its National Competitions in Ballina, Co Mayo on 19/20th September 2026.
The Ukrainian team received specialist emergency-response training from Order of Malta Ireland and took part in the competitions alongside Irish and other international teams. The programme reflects the Order’s continuing commitment to humanitarian cooperation, practical training and strengthening emergency-response capacity internationally.
Photograph, from left: Patrick Downes KM, CoChair, Order of Malta Ireland; Archbishop Francis Duffy, Archbishop of Tuam and Bishop of Killala; Vitalii Kulyniak and Vladyslav Tukal, Ukrainian Order of Malta; Minister Dara Calleary TD; Mariia Savka and Anastasiia Huliai, Ukrainian Order of Malta; and Commander Brian Coote KM, National Director, Order of Malta Ireland.
