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Irish Daily Mirror Comment 27 March 2013 The decision not to destroy blood samples taken from babies born here is to be welcomed. The 1.5 million newborn screening card blood samples is an invaluable database that could save lives and the Irish Heart Foundation is to be commended for its campaign to block the destruction.

Weekly Observer Wednesday 20 March 2013 Newcastle West RFC are encouraging its members to support a charity event in aid of C.R.Y. Cardiac Risk in the Young) which takes place on Saturday 4 May with an 80k cycle starting at 11am and a 10k walk/run starting at 12 noon from Monagea Community Centre. The parish

The Irish Times Saturday 23 March 2013 Dr Muiris Houston Q Should we be worried about the HSE proposal to destroy newborn blood samples? Easter Sunday is rapidly approaching, and with it a deadline after which the Health Service Executive will incinerate more than 1 million blood samples taken from newborn babies. The heel-prick test,

The Irish Times Thursday 14 March 2013 The planned destruction in some three weeks of more than one million blood samples from newborn babies is causing concern among medical specialists and to the patient advocacy group, the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF). The heel prick test, also known as the Guthrie or blood spot test, is