HSE insists town will have full ambulance cover

The HSE says there will be full staff cover in place for one of West Cork’s busiest 999 ambulance bases this weekend.

The reassurance comes days after concerns were raised earlier that Skibbereen could be without ambulance cover because of staff sick leave.

The West Cork SOS campaigners, who are fighting plans to reconfigure the ambulance service, said the town’s ambulance couldn’t function properly on Monday because the HSE failed to fill the shift of a paramedic who is out on sick leave.