Cork paramedics who saved elderly woman to be presented with National Bravery Awards

Two Cork paramedics who battled through Storm Ophelia to save the life of an elderly woman on a remote farm, clearing roads of trees and fallen branches with crowbars and hacksaws as they struggled to reach her, are to be presented with National Bravery Awards.

On Monday, Oct 16, 2017, advanced paramedic, Olive Murphy, and paramedic, James Hennessy, were on duty at Clonakilty Ambulance Station in West Cork when they received an emergency callout to a remote farmhouse where an elderly woman’s supply of supplemental oxygen had been shut off as a result of power cuts.