Air ambulance crew on standby for Christmas Day

Crews launched 12 times between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve last December

Crew of the Cork-based Irish Community Air Ambulance above from left: Advanced paramedic, James Ward; chief pilot, Donnagh Verling, and advanced paramedic, Paul Traynor. Picture: Brian Lougheed.

Donnagh Verling is the chief pilot for the Cork-based Irish Community Air Ambulance.

And he’s working Christmas Day this year.