Dublin ambulance sent to Cork

An ambulance stationed in Swords, Co Dublin, was dispatched to respond to an emergency call in Cork city last year, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Figures released to this newspaper under the Freedom of Information Act show more than a third of all vehicles that answered emergency calls to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) in Cork county were not based within the area where the emergency arose.

The NAS has divided Cork county among 12 stations: Cork City, East Cork, Fermoy, Mallow, Kanturk, Millstreet, Macroom, Bantry, Bantry/Dunmanway, Skibbereen, Clonakilty, and Castletownbere. Each station has its own ambulances or rapid response vehicles posted locally to attend to emergencies when they arise.