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# Air Ambulance

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# Courts
HSE sued by company that failed to secure €12m contract to provide air ambulance services
The action has been taken by Sere Holdings Ltd.
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May 18th 2021, 12:40 PM
# Air Ambulance
'Significant restrictions' on emergency helicopter service on days when Air Corps not available
An internal Department of Defence briefing highlights the restrictions on where the Coast Guard helicopter can reach.
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Jan 10th 2020, 6:10 AM
# Charity
'We're saving lives several times a week': Cork air ambulance risks being grounded after funding shortfall
Irish Community Rapid Response requires in the region of €400,000 to continue operating the air ambulance.
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Jan 3rd 2020, 3:30 PM
# Paul Kehoe
Withdrawal of air ambulance four days a month 'will not put lives at risk' due to contingency plans
Charity-funded Irish Community Rapid Response is stepping in after the withdrawal of the Air Corps service.
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Nov 16th 2019, 7:10 PM
# Air Ambulance
Ireland's first community air ambulance to be airborne within weeks as HSE gives go ahead
The service will cost €2 million to run annually and is to be funded through community and donor contributions.
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Jun 14th 2019, 9:04 PM
# ready and waiting
Ireland's first charity-funded community air ambulance still awaiting approval to operate
The charity is awaiting a formal announcement from the Minister for Health.
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Apr 24th 2019, 1:59 PM
# Charity
Ireland's first charity-funded community air ambulance lands in Kerry
The service will cost €2 million to run annually.
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Sep 21st 2018, 4:05 PM
# Transplants
Nighttime air ambulance service will cost €7 million over two years
Three companies applied to provide the service in a recent tendering process.
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Jun 10th 2018, 6:30 PM
# Transplants
Irish Coast Guard and Air Corps no longer able to transport patients to UK at night
‘Priority 1′ transfers involve transporting patients by air to another country for emergency medical treatment.
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Nov 13th 2017, 9:39 AM
# helidoctors
There's a new flying doctor service on the way for the south of the country
The Irish Community Air Ambulance service is expected to go live from Cork Airport from next March.
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Nov 13th 2016, 8:20 AM
# air corps
The Air Ambulance completed its 100th journey of 2014 over the weekend
It transferred a patient from Dublin to London.
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Nov 17th 2014, 3:15 PM
# Roscommon
Man in his 70s dies after car collides with lorry
It happened on the N5 in Roscommon at around 10am today.
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Oct 10th 2013, 8:41 PM
# Air Ambulance
Three-year-old airlifted to hospital in Crumlin after being struck by a car in Co Cork
The boy received serious injuries when he was hit by the car in Barryroe, about five miles from Clonakilty.
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Aug 8th 2013, 10:20 PM
# Helicopter Crash
'Substantial damage' to air ambulance during rescue operation
The helicopter’s rotor blades struck electrical wires while attempting to land in a field last July to collect a casualty.
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Apr 4th 2013, 8:20 PM
# Emergency
Air Ambulance Service completes over 100 missions
Independent TD Denis Naughten said today that there is a need for the establishment of a national helicopter emergency service.
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Dec 14th 2012, 6:04 PM
# Air Ambulance
Air Ambulance in emergency landing at Borrisoleigh
There were no fatalities or injuries in the incident and the patient who was in need of care was transferred to hospital by road.
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Jun 19th 2012, 5:01 PM
# Pilot Programme
HSE and Air Corps' new air ambulance makes first call
The Emergency Aeromedical Service is a joint project between the HSE National Ambulance Service and the Irish Air Corps.
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Jun 5th 2012, 1:24 PM
# Air Ambulance
Air Corps flies five air ambulance missions in 60 hours
Patients and HSE teams were carried between Casement Aerodrome and locations in England and the Czech Republic.
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Feb 23rd 2012, 4:32 PM
# Air Ambulance
Air Corps completes eighth air ambulance mission of 2012
A patient was transferred today from London to Dublin on an Air Corps jet.
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Feb 6th 2012, 7:29 PM
# Air Ambulance
Air Corps ambulance used twice over Christmas
Patients were transferred to hospitals in Dublin and London by Air Ambulance on Christmas Eve and St. Stephen’s Day.
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Dec 26th 2011, 3:46 PM
# Air Ambulance
100 days after abandoned transplant, Meadhbh McGivern returns home
The Government Learjet is deployed to London to return Meadhbh McGivern home after her liver transplant in London.
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Oct 10th 2011, 7:20 PM
# The Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
All the things you may have missed: Calls for Leaving Cert reform, Dublin’s Catholics could face a ‘church levy’, a bad day at work for someone in CityJet, and when Tom Waits met Cookie Monster…
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Aug 17th 2011, 8:02 PM
# Air Ambulance
Air ambulance service to begin 24-hour operations from Dublin Airport
AeroMedevac Ireland will begin a 24-hour service tomorrow, after newspaper reports that it was only able to operate during daylight.
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Aug 17th 2011, 6:23 PM
# air corps
Air Corps carries out 32nd air ambulance operation of 2011
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May 25th 2011, 5:25 PM
# Air Ambulance
Air Corps flies sick child to London on government jet
At least those who need it most are getting off the ground – the Air Corps runs two air ambulances within an hour.
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Dec 23rd 2010, 6:50 PM