About us
We’re an award winning family-run business, with a national mindset and mission. The sole focus of our business is to protect people and property by helping our clients to be safe at work, and to be compliant with health and safety regulations.
For over 20 years we have been on a mission to ensure the safety of our clients, and to provide them with peace of mind.
We have helped clients from across a wide range of industries with our expertise in the fire service and maintenance sector as well as building a reputation for providing high quality workwear and PPE.
As multi-award winners and fully accredited Business All-Stars we have proved that our clients can rely on us. We have scored “Best-in-Class” for trust, performance and customer centricity year after year.
We’ve built this culture of excellence over the 20 years we’ve been in business.
3,500+ happy customers
99% customer retention
Award-winning service
20+ years in business
We work with a wide range of sectors including schools and colleges, residential and nursing homes, retail and office, community groups and sports clubs, engineering, pharmaceutical, construction, food and transport and many more
Our current customer base is primarily business-to-business, representing a wide range of sectors including schools and colleges, residential and nursing homes, retail and office, community groups and sports clubs, engineering, pharmaceutical, construction, food and transport.
Not only do we take great pride in our personal and efficient service but, in order to keep supplying our customers with the best products and service, we strive to continually upskill and train our team. Our service engineers are BAFE (British Approvals for Fire Equipment) and JOIFF certified to ensure all our fire service customers are fully protected.
Our story
Willie and Claire O’Leary started out in 2002 from a home office and a “man-in-a-van”, juggling babies and work life to provide for a growing family. Growing steadily over the years we moved from our house to an office, on to a various small retail outlets before landing in our current premises in 2021 with a team of 9 people.
In 2002 little did we know that we would end up buying back Willie’s childhood home in Millstreet. His parents Willie & Mary O’Leary ran one of Ireland’s most successful Spar supermarkets for around 40 years. They lived beside and over the shop, rearing 7 children and providing local employment. Willie and Mary sold up in 1999 and retired while the supermarket remained under the care of new management for a number of years before eventually closing.
The building lay idle for 12 years before Willie and Claire made an offer to buy it back in 2019. The deal was done, and they took on the project of restoring and renovating the building – with the aim of moving Munster Fire & Safety to a new home with the space required for the growing team. The building now houses a dedicated retail space, offices, workshop and warehouse.
A new era for this historic building has begun by the next generation of O’Learys and the team in Munster Fire & Safety has been overwhelmed by the welcome back to Main Street by the local community.
We’re open 6 days a week for your workwear, safety footwear, PPE and fire safety needs. You can browse the selection, try on for size and even order items. We can print or embroider your workwear for that extra professional image.
Come and visit us in store, or you can also shop online here in our online store.
We’re Business All-Stars...
Awarded by the national body The All Ireland Business Foundation, the accreditation is an independent third-party seal of approval that recognises and rewards the very best businesses in Ireland.
We’re an award-winning business with a team of people ready to help you with your fire and safety needs
Our service engineers are BAFE (British Approvals for Fire Equipment) and JOIFF certified.
We have a nationwide mission to protect people and their property!
Willie & Claire O’Leary – Managing Directors
Having previously worked in fire safety, Willie founded Munster Fire & Safety with his wife Claire in 2002. Now with a growing team, their mission to Protect People & Property is part of everyday life at Munster Fire & Safety.
Both Willie and Claire are active in their local community – Willie coaching sports teams and Claire having just finished a long involvement with the local branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann which promotes traditional culture especially amongst young people.
Service Team
L – R: Jackie O’Sullivan, Willie O’Leary, Kieran O’Donnell, Dermot O’Riordan
Our service team is led by Service Department Manager Jackie O’Sullivan. The lads spend their days making sure our customers’ fire-fighting equipment is in proper working order and delivering the best in fire safety training to a range of businesses in Munster across multiple industries.
There’s great interest in GAA, rallying and horse-racing in this team and Jackie looks after 3 other boys at home!
Customer Relationship Team
L – R: Eileen Daly, Danny Hickey, Nonie Kealy
Lead by Eileen, our experienced customer relationship team will take care of your workwear and PPE needs. You will be looked after whether you visit our retail store, our online store or if you are a business customer placing an order.
If you would like print or embroidery on your workwear Danny will make sure you’re looking your best at work! Nonie is your first point of contact with us and she is here to make your experience a pleasant one. As with the service team, their interests range from GAA and culture to fashion and socialising!
Why choose Munster Fire & Safety?
All your fire safety, personal protective equipment and workwear under one roof with great support.
In particular our commitment to excellence across all our products and services.
We’ve been helping our clients for 20 years with 99% retention. We have the experience and they trust us to do an excellent job. We’re reliable and dependable.
Come and visit – make sure of the quality before placing an order for your business.
It’s not just our opinion! We’re “Best in Class” Business All-Stars and we work hard at keeping our standards high.
