Ambulance service workers set to strike in April

AT least 1,200 members of the ambulance service across the country will begin nationwide strike action on April 7.

The Health Service Executive and SIPTU, which represents the paramedics, are expected to meet in the coming days to discuss how emergency cover will be provided on the day that virtually all ambulance workers go on strike.

“We are not doing any messing around on this. It is the first time in history that the service nationally has been affected by strike action,” said Matt Merrigan of SIPTU.