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HSE has 'no plans' to provide ambulance staff with stab vests

However the National Ambulance Service has been identified as an end-user in a trial for a new generation of body armour.

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Sep 8th 2013, 8:00 AM

New figures show 309 alleged assaults on emergency staff in one year

The Department of Justice published the figures, which show the rate of convictions and non-convictions.

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Aug 30th 2013, 8:46 AM