Health minister warns chemotherapy and urgent care at risk if fuel protests continue

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill was speaking during the Irish Medical Organisation annual conference in Killarney. File picture: Grainne Ni Aodha/PA Wire

The health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has raised fears chemotherapy or other urgent care could be affected if “anarchic” fuel protests continue, although she said ambulances have now been refuelled.

Ms Carroll MacNeill was speaking during the Irish Medical Organisation annual conference in Killarney.