The National Ambulance Service has told cash-strapped air ambulance charity chiefs to cut their costs if they want the service to survive.

The National Ambulance Service is not going to bail the charity air ambulance out.

Fianna Fáil has demanded the Government explain what, if any, contingency plans it has in place if the country’s first charity air ambulance is grounded.

The Irish Community Rapid Response (ICRR) air ambulance, which is based in Rathcoole near Mallow, began on July 30, 2019 and has been "extremely busy" since its launch.

The team behind Ireland’s first community-funded air ambulance have insisted that their life-saving service won’t be affected as it provides back-up for the state-funded helicopter emergency medical (HEMS) service which is facing groundings over staffing shortages.

A former top Army official claims the Taoiseach and the Defence Minister are to blame for the cutbacks in the air ambulance service.

The country's first charity-led Air Ambulance has launched a major public fundraising appeal.

Minister for Health Simon Harris is being asked why an air ambulance service is still grounded since last January despite being ready to launch.

The gleaming helicopter is sitting in the hangar. It can be airborne within two and a half minutes. Paramedics have undergone training to work with the pilot during flight operations but the crew helmets are still wrapped in plastic on a shelf in the control room of the new €400,000 airbase.

President of the Irish College of Paramedics has hit back at criticism of the medical staffing of Ireland’s new air ambulance service, insisting it “meets the requirements of patients”.

In a typically Irish spat, the HSE has been criticised because it will not provide doctors to support Ireland’s first charity air ambulance service.

The country’s first community air ambulance will be unable to meet the needs of the most critically ill patients without a doctor on board, emergency physicians have claimed.

The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) has raised concerns about Ireland’s first community air ambulance.

One of the country’s top doctors has criticised the HSE for not putting doctors on board Ireland’s first charity air ambulance service.

Ireland's first-ever community air ambulance arrived in Kerry today.

A family touched by tragedy hopes to help get Ireland’s first doctor-led air ambulance service in the air.