Protective Equipment For Frontline Staff Being Flown In From Asia

It follows a Facebook appeal from a senior clinician at the Mullingar Regional Hospital.

Chartered flights will be arriving in Ireland with more Personal Protective Equipment for frontline healthcare workers this weekend. 

It comes after a senior clinician in the Regional Hospital Mullingar issued an appeal on Facebook for PPE that was shared more than 400 times.  

Longford/Westmeath TD Robert Troy confirmed that the call is being answered after a special 12 hour sitting of the Dail to pass emergency legislation. 

The Fianna Fail deputy says the deliveries will be coming from Asia:

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