An incident involving a single-vehicle crash near Doonbeg led to delays in the emergency response. Initially reported to authorities at around 11:30 AM, the woman involved was not seriously injured but had to wait almost four hours for hospital transport. Fire crews from Clare County Fire and Rescue remained on site for nearly three hours before an air ambulance from Cork was dispatched. Eventually, the National Ambulance Service was able to send a road ambulance, which transported her at approximately 3:15 PM. This situation accentuates the resource limitations faced by emergency medical services in urgent situations.
Emergency services responded to a serious single-vehicle crash near Doonbeg, where a woman was assessed and ultimately transported to hospital by road after delays.
Despite an air ambulance being dispatched, it took almost four hours from the incident for the woman to reach the hospital, highlighting resource constraints.
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