Ambulance delays worst in Wexford, Cork and Kerry 

One critical emergency call in Waterford saw an ambulance take one hour and 44 minutes to arrive

A breakdown of the reasons given for excessive delays in ambulance response time reveals that in 249 cases, the very long distance involved was to blame. Picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

An ambulance turned up to a life-threatening event more than an hour after being called on more than 300 occasions over the first six months of the year.

In two cases — both in the west of Ireland — there was a more than two-hour delay in paramedics arriving, according to records released by the National Ambulance Service (NAS).