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FIVE INJURED UKRAINIAN soldiers have been airlifted to Ireland this weekend.
Three soldiers arrived this afternoon via private air ambulance jet and were transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and University Hospital Galway.
Two had arrived on Friday and were taken to Cork University Hospital. The transfers were arranged by the EU, Ireland’s National Ambulance Service and the HSE.
12 minutes to wheels down in Dublin.Coordinated by EU, HSE, National Ambulance Service to bring 3 Ukranian military casualties to Ireland.Thank you to Beaumont,UHGalway and to @CUH_Cork who received similar transfer of 2 casualties on Friday @AmbulanceNAS @HSELive pic.twitter.com/lRMRqBt7ur
— Mike O’ Connor (@mikecuh)
The transfer is the first time that Ukrainian soldiers have been brought to Ireland from the conflict.
It is understood that the transfer is part of a diplomatic arrangement.
Additional reporting by Emer Moreau
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I simply love the short stories in honour of Francis McManus on RTE I at 11.20 nightly. Really looking forward to new season of stories.
We seem to have drifted a long way from the heyday of Irish literature of the likes of McGahern Lavin and MacLaverty. This stuff is just mindless gunge and our licence fees are probably bankrolling it.
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