Ambulance protester surge ‘meaningful’ talks

Campaigners fighting to retain their region’s ambulance service have called on the HSE to engage in “meaningful” talks in a bid to ease concerns.

The West Cork SOS group said it is not opposed to the HSE’s plans to change from an on-call to an on-duty system for paramedics in the region.

But it said it will resist any attempts under the reconfiguration to reduce the size of the region’s ambulance fleet from four vehicles to three.