Amateur Radio Emergency Network

Cork, County Cork Ireland

NGO / Public Service

AREN stands for Amateur Radio Emergency Network. It is a Public Service Voluntary Radio Emergency Network run by The Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) in co-operation with ComReg, the licensing authority. It was sanctioned following Ireland’s adoption of Resolution 640 (1979) of the Radio Regulations of the International Telecommunications Union, which provides for the utilisation of Amateur Radio communications in emergency situations. The Irish Radio Transmitters Society is the National Society for Radio Experimenters, and is the member society for Ireland of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).