Grieving family bid to get flying doctors service off the ground

A family touched by tragedy hopes to help get Ireland’s first doctor-led air ambulance service in the air.

Grieving family bid to get flying doctors service off the ground

The Beamish family from West Cork, who lost a son and brother in a workplace accident in Clonakilty last year, have donated almost €12,000 raised in his memory to the Munster flying doctor project.

Nollaig Beamish said they hope that something positive will come from their nightmare: “If this type of accident were to happen again, and if this kind of air ambulance service was in place, it would be of huge benefit to the people of West Cork.”

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