Ambulance takes over an hour to arrive at Cork car crash scene

An ambulance sent to a car crash in Cork city arrived more than an hour after the 999 call was received, by which time the injured parties had left the scene, writes Joe Leogue and Eoin English

A source told the Irish Examiner that one injured party was brought to hospital by Garda car when it became apparent a second ambulance would take some time to reach the accident.