A Co Cavan man will posthumously receive a silver medal and a certificate of bravery today.
Pague Lynch has received the award, which will be accepted by his daughter, Alison Lynch.
The award will be presented by the Ceann Comhairle, Verona Murphy.
At approximately 9 am on Monday 24 November 1986, Pauge Lynch was returning home to Carrigabruise, when he noticed smoke and flames coming from a nearby farmhouse.
The house had a thatched roof and belonged to an elderly neighbour.
As Pauge approached the farmhouse, he saw the curtains burning in the main living room and realised he had to get in.
It took him three to four attempts to break into the farmhouse, after which he was met with a plume of smoke and flames.
Unable to see because of the smoke, Pauge called his neighbour's name and heard a groan coming from the floor of the kitchen.
Crouched down and crawling through the smoke, it took him some time before he managed to locate his neighbour lying on the floor.
With the building ablaze and the fire spreading through the thatched roof, he proceeded to drag the elderly man out through the smoke and burning material.
Pauge was in the process of trying to lift him into his jeep when another neighbour arrived to help and the rescued man, who was then in his nineties, was brought by ambulance to hospital, where he recovered.
The house itself was completely destroyed.
For his actions, Pauge Lynch is posthumously awarded a Silver medal and a Certificate of Bravery.
