YOU reported (June 12) an official of the Association of Ambulance Personnel claiming that paramedics are refusing to answer calls to certain parts of Limerick city without an armed garda escort.

THE number and intensity of attacks on ambulance crews had increased dramatically in recent years. It is only a matter of time before somebody is killed or seriously injured, unless they are provided with stab-proof vests, according to the Association of Ambulance Personnel.

THE failure to provide stab vests to ambulance crews means that it’s just a matter of time before somebody is killed or seriously injured while on duty, paramedics warn.

A GROUP of paramedics was due to begin administering life-saving drugs to ambulance patients this summer but a Department of Health cock-up has meant a three-month delay.