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An air ambulance charity that collected more than £750,000 has been wound up without ever landing a helicopter.Last year, a BBC investigation revealed that 90% of the money collected by the Ireland Air Ambulance Charity in its first year went on wages and overheads.
Its recent accounts show it has only £65,000 left out of almost £700,000 collected over the past two years.
It now says that the association known as Ireland Air Ambulance has been dissolved.
The existing trustees and some of the staff have been stood down and a new charitable company has been formed which will retain the old name.
After four years fundraising on both sides of the border, no helicopter has ever materialised.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.