Man who suffered fatal brain bleed at Spike Island waited almost two hours for ambulance

Retired Garda's death ruled accidental at Cork Coroners Court

John and Edward Horgan, sons of the late Edmond Horgan pictured at Cork Coroner’s Court. Picture: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Cork Courts Limited

A man who suffered a catastrophic brain bleed after a fall exiting the boat for a tour of Cork’s Spike Island was waiting for almost two hours before an ambulance arrived.

Edmond Horgan, 76, a retired Garda from Crosstown, Killarney, fell while walking down the gangway from the boat to the pier on July 7 last year.