Patient had to wait three hours for ambulance in Cork

A local TD had called the dispatch personally on behalf of the family, to be told that there was “no ambulance in Cork County at the time”

Following the incident, Mr Gould has called on the government to "fully and properly" resource the ambulance service in Cork. File photo: Dan Linehan

Calls have been made for enhanced resources for the ambulance service after a family in Cork were forced to wait almost three hours for an ambulance.

Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central, Thomas Gould said he was contacted by constituents who had called an ambulance for a family member on Tuesday evening following advice from their GP. The patient could not be transferred by car as medical care may have been required on the journey.