Woman dies after pharmacy refuses to give her EpiPen, page 5

Despite the whole off-topic coffee thing, I did some asking around. I have friends and family in the medical profession in the UK. This is based on how it works in the UK, not necessarily in Ireland, but I wouldn't expect that it works so terribly differently.

Can a pharmacist issue controlled medications without a prescription?
If you are in reciept of a prescription for medicines that you need regular refills of, such as insulin, anti-depressants, and the prescription is known to them on their computer system, yes, in certain circumstances, the pharmacist can issue you with an emergency limited supply of those medications until you are able to obtain a prescription. It is at the pharmacists discretion though. If its for an item which is not on a regular reorder schedule, or not on their computer system, then no, they cannot.

What would be the case of epipens be then?
Epipens are usually one-off prescrptions, and refilled by a doctor as and when used. They are not a regular reorder schedule item, so no, a pharmacist couldn't legally give you an epipen as emergency supply, without a prescription.