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THE STARTuesday 29 January 2013 Bucket list ‘is up and running …’ RTE sports presenter Jacqui Hurley intends to tick off her own bucket list this year in memory of her late brother. Jacqui’s brother Sean died in a freak motorcycle accident in Cork in 2011. Last year Jacqui (29) completed Sean’s bucket list and

The Belfast Telegraph28 January 2013 Boffins recreate fatal heart condition in lab By John Von Radowitz A rare heart condition that kills young athletes has successfully been recreated in the laboratory by scientists uncovering its secrets. The inherited disorder, called right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C), can strike without warning. It accounts for up to 5% of

NORTH COUNTY NEWSThursday 27 December 2012 This Christmas, IHF says give the gift of life with hands-only CPR. Irish Heart Foundation backs latest UK Hands-only CPR campaign Get hands on with hands-only CPR this Christmas, is the message from the Irish Heart Foundation urging more people to learn the lifesaving skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation so