Another HGV brought safely back to base
Helping to recover Almost 30 years since setting up business in Donabate, Co Dublin, Gannons City Recovery and Recycling Services Ltd have grown to operate one of Ireland’s most complete vehicle breakdown, recovery and removal services. Irish Trucker spoke to company Managing Director Tony Gannon to find out more.
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n 1982, Tony Gannon and his brother Sean founded Gannons City Recovery and Recycling Services Limited and from very modest beginnings the company has grown to be one of the leaders in Vehicle Towing, Recovery and Recycling in Dublin City and the surrounding counties. In 2004, Gannons moved its headquarters to its present location on a 2.5 acre site with 45,000 square ft of custom designed facility incorporating Examination, Storage, Salvage Processing and De-pollution areas. Being close to the M1 Dublin - Belfast Motorway and within easy access to the M-50 ring-road enables our response time, in times of emergency to be excellent to all parts of the city. “We’re based in Donabate, Co Dublin and we’re established 28 years,” explained Managing Director, Tony
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Gannon. “We have 23 people working here and a fleet of 15 trucks which are mainly used to recover vehicles.” All of Gannons’ drivers have received specialist training in Vehicle Rescue and Recovery to the standards set by the Institute of Vehicle Recovery (IVR). The premises at Turvey Avenue has a section designated for de-pollution and crushing of End of Life Vehicles (ELV’s). They also provide substantial storage and examination facilities for Insurance Assessors and Gardai for vehicles that have been either involved in accidents or have been stolen. Gannons’ Recovery Vehicles are equipped to deal with any situation from a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) broken down, crashed or rolled over to light recoveries such as cars, vans and motorcycles which have either broken
down, crashed or come to the stage where they have to be disposed of as ELV’s. Gannons operate one of Ireland`s most complete vehicle breakdown, recovery and removal services. They are on call on a 24 hour 7 day basis and are fully equipped to handle passenger cars, motorcycles and both light and heavy commercial vehicles. The staff are fully trained to handle any emergency. Gannons are confident that you will find their service to be totally professional, efficient and competitively priced, having built a reputation for service, quality and efficiency. The firm provide a Vehicle Scraping & Recycling programme to make it easier for car owners to dispose permanently of their old End of Life Vehicle. Their ‘ONE-STOP’ service will see IRISH TRUCKER & LIGHT COMMERCIALS