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EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 12 MIN

Ambulance strikes - what is the current situation?

from The Hard Shoulder

National Ambulance Service Paramedics are undertaking a country-wide 24-hour work stoppage on Tuesday across the country. Newstalk Reporters Jamie O’Hara and Sarah Madden join Ciara to give updates from Cork and Portlaoise respectively, and Dr Lisa Cunningham, Consultant in Emergency Medicine in the West, joins to give her own perspective on the strike.

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