‘Stressed’ ambulance staff can’t stop to eat

The minister for health is being called upon to publish immediately the Capacity Review Report on the ambulance service, amid claims that the service is crumbling and putting lives at risk in Co Cork.

For once, amid the general election battle, all parties put aside their differences to support a motion from Michael Collins (Independent) to have the yet- unpublished report made public.

He said morale was at an all-time low in the county’s ambulance service, as resources were so poor and services overstretched.