New figures show ambulance took 44 minutes to get to Leitirm emergency
New figures show it took an ambulance 44 minutes to arrive at a life-threatening emergency in Leitrim. The information shows that response-time targets aren’t being met in up to 50 percent of such cases across the country. On two occasions it took an ambulance over an hour to arrive at…
Ambulance members of PNA on 24-hour strike
Ambulance members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association are holding the first of a series of 24 hour strikes today. There have been six previous 10 hour strikes, as part of a long running campaign over trade union representation rights. The ambulance branch of the PNA, the National Ambulance Service Representative…
Ambulance personnel to hold 24 hour strike in NW
Ambulance personnel across the north west are to hold a series of 24-hour strikes at the end of the month. Those who are members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association are taking part in the industrial action to have the union of their choice recognised by the HSE. The strikes will…
Ambulance workers to take part in 24 hour strikes
Ambulance personnel across the north west is to escalate it’s industrial action with a serious of 24 hour strikes. Members who belong to the Psychiatric Nurses Association want the HSE to recognise the trade union as well as deduct and remit their subscription fee from their pay. Dates for the…
PNA members in two-day ambulance strike
About 600 ambulance personnel from the Psychiatric Nurses Association are starting a two-day strike. It will last from from 7am to 5pm today and tomorrow. In the north west, today’s action involves about 240 staff; they include paramedics as well as emergency medical technicians. They are members of the National…
Ambulance personnel in the north west on strike today
Ambulance personnel in the North West say the HSE has made no effort to communicate with them to try to resolve an ongoing dispute over union membership. Workers who are members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association are on picket lines across the region for a second day today. Members are…
Ambulance personnel strike across the north west
Ambulance personnel across various locations in the north west are on strike today in a row over union recognition. The industrial action will continue until 5 o’clock this evening. Therese Madden reports from the picket line at Sligo University Hospital. Members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association are picketing at Sligo…