Tipp town Red Cross allocated funding for new ambulance

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Tipperary Town Red Cross have been approved 50,000 euro funding from CLÁR for the purchase of a new ambulance.

They, along with volunteer groups who respond to some of the country’s biggest emergencies, are to be given a share of over a million Euro to help with their work.

70 First Responder groups will get a share of the 1-point-2 million being announced by the Government today.

The money has been approved by the Minister for Rurual and Community Development, Michael Ring – he explains where it’ll be spent