West Cork’s emergency response jeep is ‘the difference between life and death’

They organised pub quizzes, race nights, raffles and walks to buy and equip it. And after a marathon community effort, they’ve been able to present a state-of-the-art emergency response jeep to a trauma doctor who could one day save their life.

Almost 1,000 people from across West Cork turned out in Ballinascarthy on Saturday for the official handover of the vehicle to Dr Jason van der Velde, the West Cork Rapid Response (WCRR) unit’s doctor who works in some of the remotest parts of the country.