Ambulance Workers Begin 24-Hour Strike - 12/05/2026

Paramedics have begun a 24-hour strike, as the HSE have warned of potential delays. Workers for the National Ambulance Services, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, advanced paramedics, paramedic specialists and paramedic supervisors, will strike from 8am today until 8am tomorrow. Last month, Unite and Siptu members voted in favour of industrial action due to what they refer to as management’s ongoing failure to implement the 2020 Roles and Responsibilities Review. The unions say qualifications, clinical responsibilities and operational duties of ambulance personnel have expanded significantly in recent years. They also say a 5 per cent increase recommended under the benchmarking II process has not been delivered.We were joined on The Agenda this morning by the Regional Coordinating Officer for the Unite Union in Ireland, Tom Fitzgerald, who spoke to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.