# Ambulances

This year

2023

# midwest

Ambulances will be able to bring patients 'directly' to Ennis instead of Limerick from Monday

The region has seen record breaking overcrowding in recent days.

14.7k

Jan 5th 2023, 6:23 PM

Last year

2022

# Delays

Over 110 complaints made to ambulance service last year, with almost half in Munster

A spokeswoman said the National Ambulance Service receives over 365,000 emergency calls a year.

7.8k

Jul 12th 2022, 2:59 PM

# Mayo

Mayo hospital staff face 'extraordinary and overwhelming' conditions as Covid cases mount

The INMO said face mask mandates need to be reintroduced.

24.7k

Mar 26th 2022, 2:45 PM

# ambulance delays

'Very high demand' for ambulance services in the Dublin region, HSE says

The health service has said those calling for non-urgent or non-life threatening emergencies “may experience delays”.

15.6k

Updated

Jan 13th 2022, 5:32 PM

All time

# Under Pressure

Ireland's ambulance crisis: 'There are units going from hundreds of kilometres away to get to Dublin'

One paramedic detailed how the Dublin callouts had left large swathes of the country without adequate paramedic cover.

Large numbers of emergency calls in Dublin in recent days have put pressure on the ambulance service, writes Garreth MacNamee.

Paramedics are having to be diverted from other parts of the country under a system which has been widely criticised.

45.2k

Aug 29th 2021, 12:05 AM

# 24 Hours

500 ambulance staff beginning 24-hour strike today in a row over union recognition

Workers have already staged work stoppages in January, February and March.

8.2k

May 31st 2019, 6:30 AM

# industrial unrest

Day three of nurses' strike: INMO denies that pay increases would lead to public sector 'free-for-all'

Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.

15.4k

Feb 7th 2019, 10:23 AM

# Trade Union

Ambulance staff announce three more days of strike action

The dispute centres on a row over trade union membership.

9.5k

Feb 6th 2019, 8:48 PM

# war tactics

'Indiscriminate and widespread destruction': Ambulances repeatedly targeted in Syria

How the ‘weaponisation of healthcare’ is being used as a war tactic.

9.2k

Jan 2nd 2019, 10:00 PM

# LUNCH TIME

Paramedics say new lunch arrangements 'show no regard for them'

“These rules would not be tolerated in any other section of the workforce.”

32.9k

Nov 16th 2017, 6:01 AM

# Nee Naw Nee Naw

HSE ambulances broke down over 200 times last year

One ambulance is still in service after travelling over 400,000km.

6.7k

Sep 15th 2017, 6:30 AM

# lack of ambulances

Dublin Fire Brigade to be balloted on strike action

Siptu says a lack of ambulances means firefighters are overworked and under-resourced.

9.4k

Jan 13th 2017, 4:59 PM

# Temple Street

Power outage at Temple Street stops operations and affects ambulance services

A spokeswoman said the outage demonstrates the need for a new children’s hospital.

9.9k

Nov 8th 2016, 2:49 PM

# factcheck

FactCheck: Has Eircode really "saved lives"?

TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck examines a bold claim made by Minister Denis Naughten.

33.0k

135

Jun 21st 2016, 8:30 PM

# 999

The introduction of Eircode has "saved lives", minister says

Communications Minister Denis Naughten says ambulances are now reaching houses quicker.

23.5k

178

Jun 17th 2016, 10:26 AM

# Netherlands

Gang used fake ambulances to smuggle heroin and cocaine worth €2.3 BILLION into UK

The elaborate 14-month scheme involved bogus “patients” and fake paramedic costumes.

22.1k

Nov 27th 2015, 9:15 PM

# emergency situation

Health service scandals: Leo Varadkar faced some tough questions today

The health minister said that he has “no doubt” that many more such stories will come to light in the months to come.

18.5k

Nov 5th 2015, 7:54 PM

# Crashes

Ambulance with patient on board overturns after being hit from side

Two ambulances were involved in separate crashes this morning.

45.7k

Aug 19th 2015, 1:10 PM

# modifications

Defences Forces find solution to keep ambulances worth €900k on the road

Smaller crews had difficulty lifting stretchers in and out of the ambulances.

24.4k

Jun 19th 2015, 9:30 PM

# Dispute

Dublin firefighters still considering strike action over ambulance changes

Members of Dublin City Council met with trade union representatives today.

8.8k

Mar 9th 2015, 5:43 PM

# 999 emergency

Dublin firefighters to vote on industrial action over ambulance dispatch move

The National Ambulance Service will be taking all Dublin calls from now on – but firefighters aren’t happy with the move.

27.9k

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Mar 3rd 2015, 7:08 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

10.6k

Aug 24th 2014, 8:59 AM

# Miles to Go

48 ambulances have over 400,000km on the clock

Garda vehicles retire at 300,000 kilometres.

9.6k

Aug 24th 2014, 7:30 AM

# emma sloan

Teenager's death could lead to wider availability of Epipens

Epipens, discretionary medical cards and medicinal marijuana all came up in today’s Oireachtas Health Committee meeting. There was even a Beyoncé & Jay Z reference.

8.8k

Jul 10th 2014, 1:09 PM

# Ambulances

HIQA writes to HSE twice over risks to patients in emergency departments

The issue centred on what the HSE is doing to mitigate the risks to patients who are waiting transfers in EDs to inpatient beds.

4.7k

Jun 27th 2014, 6:45 AM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Everyone’s talking about mother and baby homes, a homeless shelter and the death of Rik Mayall.

20.6k

Jun 9th 2014, 10:51 PM

# NASRA

"Impossible response times" being demanded from paramedics

NASRA made the comments after figures showed that ambulances spent 8,000 hours parked outside hospitals in April.

7.9k

Jun 9th 2014, 6:24 PM

# Parking Break

Ambulances spent 8,000 hours parked outside hospitals in April

In total, just 37 per cent of the 16,333 attendances in April were clear within 20 minutes.

4.3k

Jun 9th 2014, 12:40 PM

# emergency state

TD slams €1.74 million spend on ambulance parking, "but not one cent" for new vehicles

Crews from other locations are being deployed through the new ambulance stations at ‘black spots’ in Tuam, Mulranny and Loughglynn.

13.3k

Apr 16th 2014, 10:21 PM

# Ambulances

'More people and more vehicles': Fianna Fáil's solution to the 'crisis' in the ambulance service

The party has tabled a motion on the ambulance service for debate in the Dáil tonight and tomorrow and reckons that the service needs 400 extra staff.

5.2k

Apr 15th 2014, 1:32 PM

# Leaders' Questions

Ambulance service is "failing miserably", Howlin told

Sinn Féin’s Peadar Tóibín said the current system was unacceptable. Minister Howlin told the Dáil a HIQA review would lead to a ‘refined and improved’ service.

9.6k

Apr 10th 2014, 7:32 PM