Inquiry sought over wait for ambulance

The husband of a woman who died after choking is seeking an investigation into a 20-minute wait for an ambulance to come to her.

Liz Riordan, 53, who had a muscle-wasting condition, choked while eating in a restaurant in Tralee, Co Kerry, on Nov 24.

It happened less than 2km from Kerry General Hospital in Tralee, but as all the Tralee ambulances were otherwise engaged at the time it took 20 minutes for an ambulance to arrive from Listowel.