Unit: Irish Red Cross Society

Irish Red Cross Society

Crois Dhearg na hÉireann

Saturday 1st of July 1939 - still active

Prior to 1939 was established as autonomous entity with the British Red Cross Society during the War of Independence in 1920; some records also show that the Red Cross operated during the 1916 Easter Rising

From date: 1939-07-01
To date:
Source: McGauran et al. 2005; http://www.redcross.ie/; Red Cross Acts 1938, 1944 and 1954; S.I. No.216 (1955)
Confidence: Very Confident
Names: Crois Dhearg na hÉireann
- Source: http://www.redcross.ie/
- Description: name in Irish language
- From date: 1939-07-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Legal forms: Statutory Corporation
- Source: Red Cross Acts 1938, 1944 and 1954; S.I. No.216 (1955)
- From date: 1939-07-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Functions: Delivery
- Source: http://www.redcross.ie/
- From date: 1939-07-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Policy domains: Health
- Source: http://www.redcross.ie/
- From date: 1939-07-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Parents: Department of the Taoiseach
- Source: Red Cross Act, 1938; S.I. No. 206/1939; S.I. No. 184/1947; S.I. No. 216/1955
- From date: 1939-07-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Counties: Dublin
- Source: http://www.redcross.ie/
- From date: 1939-07-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Cofog: public health services
- Source: http://www.redcross.ie/
- From date: 1939-07-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Ombudsmans: yes
- Source: Disability Act 2005
- Description: is subject to Ombudsman revie under the Disability Act 2005
- From date: 2005-01-01
- Confidence: Very Confident
Financial information:
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1938/act/32/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1944/act/20/enacted/en/html
URL: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1954/act/28/enacted/en/html

Associated Events
Name	Date	From	To
Red Cross Act, 1938	1939-07-01		Irish Red Cross Society

Unit Information

Irish Red Cross Society

Crois Dhearg na hÉireann