Ambulance service chief’s use of funds investigated by gardaí

GARDAÍ are investigating revelations the former head of Ireland’s ambulance service misused at least €10,000 in HSE funds for personal reasons over a five year period.

Sources have confirmed, after a routine internal audit of fuel card expenses in the northwest region, officials found that Frank McClintock could not explain how €2,000 to €3,000 of his business petrol costs were spent every year.