A woman who lived less than a mile from her local hospital died after an ambulance took almost an hour to get to her house.

The family of a woman who was killed in a traffic accident have said that they are haunted by her death each day.

A woman whose brother died from stab wounds on New Year’s Day after it took an ambulance 30 minutes to arrive at the scene has called for vital funds to be made available to reform the over-stretched service.

The HSE’s repeated failure to meet life-saving ambulance target times is set to be examined by the country’s independent medical watchdog.

Newly released tapes of President John F Kennedy’s private meetings reveal him comment on what would become the day of his funeral.