HSE and Defence Forces meet on LÉ Eithne

At the Covid-19 briefing on LÉ Eithne in Cork were Defence Forces Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, Brigadier General Patrick Flynn, General Officer Commanding 1 Brigade; Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Service Commodore Michael Malone; Commander Caoimhín Mac Unfraidh, Gerry O’Dwyer, chief executive of the South/Southwest Hospitals Group; Kieran Henry, head of the National Ambulance Service in the region and Naval Service Reserves Petty Officer John Stephenson and Lieutenant Commander Eddie Mulligan.

Senior HSE and Defence Forces personnel have met in Cork to discuss their joint response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The meeting was conducted on Naval Service flagship, LÉ Eithne, and attended by the Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Service, Commodore Michael Malone, and Brigadier General Pat Flynn, the senior officer in charge of 1 Brigade. It was also addressed by Kieran Henry, head of the National Ambulance Service in the region and Gerry O’Dwyer, chief executive of the South/Southwest Hospital Group.