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What is behind long ambulance delays?

Ambulance services are back in the spotlight again following an incident earlier this week, in wh...

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18.24 26 Mar 2025


What is behind long ambulance delays?


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18.24 26 Mar 2025


Ambulance services are back in the spotlight again following an incident earlier this week, in which a woman from county Clare was left waiting 4 hours on the roadside for an ambulance following a collision…

To discuss the wider issue of ambulance wait times, Kieran is joined by David Hall, CEO of Lifeline Ambulance Services. Also joining is Graham Helps, whose son Alex was forced to wait over 45 minutes when he was knocked down by car in Celbridge, County Kildare in June 2022 - where he sadly later passed away from his injuries...


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