International Security Guard Day: Meet some of those on duty in Cork and Dublin

When she started out in security, Valentina Dimkovska could hardly have imagined she’d one day be standing at the doors of one of Dublin’s most famous nightclubs. Originally from North Macedonia, Valentina arrived in Ireland after several years as a logistics specialist with the US Army.

“I started in 1999 and it was just something to pay the bills,” says the 51-year-old.

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