The Herculean efforts by emergency staff who worked to ensure the safety of the public will be rewarded by local businesses who are offering free blow drys and treatments.
The sacrifices made by many public employees has been acknowledged by local business who would now like to pay them back for their efforts to ensure public safety over the past week during Storm Emma and heavy snow during the ‘Beast from the East’.
Inache salon in Portlaoise is one such business and has offered a reward through free blowdry Tuesday!
On their social media page, they ask people to tag nurses, doctors, HSE members, fire brigade members, paramedics, members of an Garda Siochana, army and civil defence.
“We spotted this on another page and thought what a beautiful and kind idea! We’d like to offer you all a free blowdry on Tuesday to thank you for your hard work this week, during Storm Emma and The Beast from The East,” their social media post says.
“We owe so many lives to you and so many ‘thank yous’,” they add.
They have asked people to message them to book an appointment for this Tuesday and bring your ID to let them say “thank you: to you”.
The offer comes from ‘Lana and all the girls in Inache’.
Lana from Inache said: “I’d also like to add that Frankie Horan from Mountmellick is also helping us and taking all those who we can’t accommodate.
“He deserves a massive thank you. Not only that, he is also donating all the brushes to use during the day.”
Pay back
The ‘Hair House’ in Rathdowney is also looking to “pay back” all those who worked on behalf of the local community.
They have offered a free blowdry of gents cut for members of the the civil defence, fire brigade, doctors and nurses, ambulance paramedics, guards and army.
It certainly has been a busy week for those working during the snow.
By the weekend, Laois Civil Defence had responded to 147 calls. These calls were a mixture of support to HSE staff and patients as well as community and logistical support to Laois County Council and gardaí.
Hospital staff in Portlaoise also made many sacrifices to make sure they got into work last week, with many staying in the nearby Killeshin Hotel.
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