Mothers to meet health bodies on ambulance issue

As the second protest in a week over ambulance services in East Cork takes place, it has emerged that the HSE, health safety watchdog Hiqa, and the National Ambulance Service are to meet local people to discuss their fears.

A protest over ambulance cover in East Cork takes place outside Midleton Courthouse today. It is the second protest in five days and comes 10 days after a toddler who fell from a first- floor window could not get an ambulance to his home.

Two-year-old Vakaris Martinaitis had to be driven to hospital by a neighbour and died two days later.