HSE agrees to retain West Cork ambulances

The HSE has bowed to public pressure and agreed to retain four ambulances in West Cork as part of a reconfiguration of the region’s ambulance service.

The region is also to get nine extra paramedics, Fine Gael Cork South West TD Noel Harrington said last night.

He made the announcement just days after the Irish Examiner revealed fresh talks between the HSE and unions were under way in a bid to break the impasse.