Recalled representative on Irish ship being taken to hospital by assistant (6)
I believe the answer is:
helper
'assistant' is the definition.
(I know that assistant can be written as helper)
'recalled representative on irish ship being taken to hospital' is the wordplay.
'recalled' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'representative' becomes 'rep' (rep is a kind of representative).
'on irish ship' becomes 'le' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'being taken to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital).
'rep'+'le'='reple'
'reple' in reverse letter order is 'elper'.
'elper' put after 'h' is 'HELPER'.
'by' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for helper that I've seen before include "Maybe second" , "Assistant" , "Aide" .)