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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…

There are serious concern in the mid to North Leitrim areas as regards ambulance response times. These concerns increased during the past month with the transfer of the Carrick-on-Shannon based ambulance to Boyle. Even though ambulance services have returned to Cortober, which is close to the County Town, inside the…

SIPTU is calling on the National Ambulance Service to begin a recruitment drive for the National Emergency Operations Centre. The centre operates in two places, one in Ballyshannon Co. Donegal with the other in Dublin. SIPTU says they are understaffed by 35 operators and former agreements are not being honoured.…

There was a single vehicle crash in Cartron overnight. A collision between a car and an electricity pole happened yesterday evening at about 8:10pm in Cartron. No one was injured in the incident. The ESB were called to facilitate the repair of the pole that was damaged in the accident…

The nearest ambulance not always being deployed to an emergency incident is one of the key flaws in the service that needs to be addressed. Martin Kenny has made the comments after Sinn Fein launched a campaign calling for increased funding for ambulances this week. Deputy Kenny says there’s a…

There are renewed fears about ambulance shortages today. The Irish Independent claims as many as six counties are being left with just one ambulance on duty. The paper claims that Donegal and Sligo are among the counties where sometimes just one ambulance is available at night. It also says just…