Paramedics suspended after raising safety concerns

Two paramedics have been suspended and four others issued with warnings after they expressed health and safety concerns about being asked to drive a young patient from Cork to Dublin towards the end of their third night-shift in a row.

Paramedics based at the Cork city ambulance base are now refusing to plug the gap caused by the suspension of the two-person crew, with ambulances and crews being drafted in from county areas to help provide cover in the city in recent days.