Father’s bleeding death blamed on health cuts

The family of a man who bled to death after waiting almost 40 minutes for an ambulance have blamed health cuts for his death.

Dualtagh Donnelly, 25, died after he severed an artery in his arm on a glass door at his home in Dundalk on October 26.

Following an emergency call by his partner, it took more than 20 minutes for a paramedic to arrive on the scene and almost 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive.