Mayor calls for restoration of second emergency ambulance

A call for the restoration of a second emergency ambulance to a major tourist town — where the population can double or treble in high season — was made yesterday.

The National Ambulance Service is set to consider providing extra resources to Killarney during peak tourist times, but the town’s mayor, Paddy Courtney, said there should be what he described as a full ambulance service all year-round.

“Visitors now come to Killarney at all times of the year and there’s some event on most weekends that draws big crowds,’’ he said.