The HSE has been fined €500,000 for health and safety breaches which led to the death of a paramedic who fell out of a moving ambulance.

The Health Service Executive has been fined €500,000 for health and safety breaches that led to the death of a paramedic in Cavan in 2010.

The HSE is due to be sentenced this afternoon after pleading guilty to a charge arising from the death of a paramedic.

AN ambulance on its way to hospital with an elderly man on board was involved in a collision, which caused injury to the patient who subsequently died.

AMBULANCE crew members have been banned from using a side door on the emergency vehicles until it can be clarified how a paramedic fell to his death earlier this month.

THE paramedic killed after falling from an ambulance on Thursday night was a well-known charity worker and local community activist, it emerged yesterday.

Chairman of the Ambulance Association of Ireland is calling for better safety measures for its workers following the death of a paramedic in Cavan yesterday.