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It Took Ambulances Up To 90 Minutes To Arrive To Wicklow Emergencies Last Year.

It took an ambulance over an hour to arrive at a life-threatening emergency call over 300 times in six months.

It took an ambulance over an hour to arrive at a life-threatening emergency call over 300 times in six months.
There were response times of over two hours to incidents in Mayo and Galway.
The new figures also show 20 waiting times of at least 90 minutes between January and June Waiting times in Wicklow were also over 90 minutes.
Wexford paramedic and councillor, Ger Carthy, says there's a big staffing problem.

 

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