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My company is providing business advice to Ireland Air Ambulance. Both we and their auditors have had to satisfy ourselves in terms of matters related to compliance including matters that would result in legal recourse.
In terms of the reporting which I think prompts your comments could I ask that you first read the statements posted at Ireland Air Ambulance and then compare that to the way the BBC reports and spot the difference. You may then reach a different conclusion and it might demonstrate how the modern media including the ever reputable BBC never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
However, if you do have any evidence of illegal practices by any IAA employee or trustees then please report that to the PSNI (from May the Charity Commission of Northern Ireland will have investigative powers).
And through PPRUNE please all read the statement and recognise this week is a significant step.
In terms of the reporting which I think prompts your comments could I ask that you first read the statements posted at Ireland Air Ambulance and then compare that to the way the BBC reports and spot the difference. You may then reach a different conclusion and it might demonstrate how the modern media including the ever reputable BBC never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
However, if you do have any evidence of illegal practices by any IAA employee or trustees then please report that to the PSNI (from May the Charity Commission of Northern Ireland will have investigative powers).
And through PPRUNE please all read the statement and recognise this week is a significant step.
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My company is the business adviser to Ireland Air Ambulance and could I suggest you all read the statements at Ireland Air Ambulance before offering your views based on the BBC reporting. In modern society the media never lets the facts get in the way of a good story and if you want to believe all you read and hear then good luck
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Could I ask that people posting on this thread read the facts at Ireland Air Ambulance
It may come as a shock to realise that the great BBC may actually selectively present stories - the question is why??? read the statements and then compare it to the BBC and then make your mind up.
It may come as a shock to realise that the great BBC may actually selectively present stories - the question is why??? read the statements and then compare it to the BBC and then make your mind up.
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If everyone was aware of the opposition to an air ambulance by the powers at be then it makes a lot more sense as to why there is selective journalism.
There are currently 3 organisations putting their cases forward to the Department of Health and Social Services against it's established opinion that an air ambulance isn't necessary.This is according to the targets that the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service have to meet.
If there had been provable or definitive fraud involved then I can assure you that the PSNI would have had been at their door at the first opportunity.
There are currently 3 organisations putting their cases forward to the Department of Health and Social Services against it's established opinion that an air ambulance isn't necessary.This is according to the targets that the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service have to meet.
If there had been provable or definitive fraud involved then I can assure you that the PSNI would have had been at their door at the first opportunity.
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It may come as a shock to realise that the great BBC may actually selectively present stories - the question is why???
I think the facts speak for themselves on this one. There was never going to be an air ambulance in N.I. the way this "charity" was being operated. The public were fleeced and the "directors" lined their pockets and walked away. It was a shameful way to waste donors money, a total and utter disgrace. Why don't you publish the amount the directors were taking as a salary?
The "new" company directors may be respectable pillars of the community with good intentions, but the damage has been done. This project is doomed...
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Air ambulance charity founder quits to set up rival operation
The Irish Times - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
INTERNAL WRANGLING within Ireland’s first proposed dedicated air ambulance service has seen the charity’s founding member parting company with the struggling organisation to set up his own operation.
Derek Rowe, who was instrumental in founding All Ireland Air Ambulance, has expressed disappointment at how the charity is being run. Since he was replaced as chairman earlier this year, Mr Rowe has been involved in other charity work and has now confirmed plans to establish what could yet be Ireland’s first air ambulance service.
Mr Rowe established All Ireland Air Ambulance following the death of a close friend in a road crash near Killarney, Co Kerry. It took six hours for a road ambulance to get his friend to a Dublin hospital.
It was envisaged that the service would be operational by the summer of 2008. However, that launch date did not materialise. It had said it would launch up to four air ambulances to cover the island of Ireland.
Several attempts to launch the service have failed as the charity struggled to raise the €85,000 per month required to operate it.
In February last year, the organisers said they hoped to launch the service in the summer of 2009. Plans to launch on March 1st and then in April of this year were also deferred.
Since parting with the charity, Mr Rowe says he has secured a helicopter and hangar, as well as the support of a prominent Galway businessman, and is in talks to establish the People’s Children’s Air Ambulance.
A spokeswoman for All Ireland Air Ambulance said: “Unfortunately the launch didn’t occur in April due to a number of reasons. We don’t yet have the full approval of the HSE and funding is still an issue.
“Bond Air Services have committed to bringing the first air ambulance in September of this year but the official launch date has yet to be announced,” she said.
The Irish Times - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
INTERNAL WRANGLING within Ireland’s first proposed dedicated air ambulance service has seen the charity’s founding member parting company with the struggling organisation to set up his own operation.
Derek Rowe, who was instrumental in founding All Ireland Air Ambulance, has expressed disappointment at how the charity is being run. Since he was replaced as chairman earlier this year, Mr Rowe has been involved in other charity work and has now confirmed plans to establish what could yet be Ireland’s first air ambulance service.
Mr Rowe established All Ireland Air Ambulance following the death of a close friend in a road crash near Killarney, Co Kerry. It took six hours for a road ambulance to get his friend to a Dublin hospital.
It was envisaged that the service would be operational by the summer of 2008. However, that launch date did not materialise. It had said it would launch up to four air ambulances to cover the island of Ireland.
Several attempts to launch the service have failed as the charity struggled to raise the €85,000 per month required to operate it.
In February last year, the organisers said they hoped to launch the service in the summer of 2009. Plans to launch on March 1st and then in April of this year were also deferred.
Since parting with the charity, Mr Rowe says he has secured a helicopter and hangar, as well as the support of a prominent Galway businessman, and is in talks to establish the People’s Children’s Air Ambulance.
A spokeswoman for All Ireland Air Ambulance said: “Unfortunately the launch didn’t occur in April due to a number of reasons. We don’t yet have the full approval of the HSE and funding is still an issue.
“Bond Air Services have committed to bringing the first air ambulance in September of this year but the official launch date has yet to be announced,” she said.
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Thanks for the update Ian, although can I suggest you put the link in here?
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/361...ml#post5679328
(Actually I'll just put the link in there myself.)
The All Ireland Air Ambulance is the one that your post refers to.
There was another one in Northern Ireland called the Ireland Air Ambulance (since liquidated), which tends to confuse things a bit....
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/361...ml#post5679328
(Actually I'll just put the link in there myself.)
The All Ireland Air Ambulance is the one that your post refers to.
There was another one in Northern Ireland called the Ireland Air Ambulance (since liquidated), which tends to confuse things a bit....
Is the 'dead' thing rising again?
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A Merry Christmas message was tweeted this evening...with hopes expressed for 2013
'The team at Air Ambulance Ireland would like to wish all our supporters a very Merry Christmas and all the best... The team at Air... | Facebook'
