According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, 29 paramedics were physically attacked.
There were also 22 verbal attacks on staff as they attended to patients.
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The Southern Region – which includes South Tipp – recorded the highest number of incidents in 2019 with 22 while there were 9 in the Western Region which takes in North Tipperary.
Tina Martin is the co-chairperson of the National Ambulance Service Representative Association.
She claims many more assaults are taking place, but staff aren’t reporting them.