Neonatal ambulance "limped back to Dublin" after breaking down on way to collect baby

A neonatal ambulance broke down as it was on its way to collect a baby in Cork who needed to go to Our Lady’s Hospital in Dublin, the HSE has confirmed.

However, the second ambulance also developed problems and it was at least five and a half hours before the baby arrived at hospital in Dublin.

A source in the ambulance service said the second vehicle “limped back to Dublin but they got the baby to the hospital”.