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Ambulance strike will significantly impact services, HSE warns

Members of the Siptu and Unite unions are to impose work-to-rule action on Monday and a 24-hour stoppage on Tuesday.

Mon, 11 May, 2026 - 08:09

Bairbre Holmes, Press Association

Ambulance services will be significantly impacted by industrial action this week, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has warned.

The organisation said the public should still call emergency services if urgent medical care is needed.

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