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Irish Examiner – SportSaturday 31 March 2012 Saint John’s CRY for help   The very public cardiac arrest suffered by Fabrice Muamba a fortnight ago sent shockwaves around the football world but for one amateur footballer in Dublin, the collapse of the Bolton Wanderers player on the pitch at White Hart Lane was especially distressing.

Waterford TodayWednesday 28 March 2012 IRISH HEART FOUNDATION urges sports clubs to be ‘Heartsafe’ The Irish Heart Foundation has called on sports clubs around the country to become ‘Heartsafe’ as a matter of urgency so they are ready to react quickly to cardiac arrest with lifesaving CPR skills and defibrillation. The latest plea follows the

Evening Herald Thursday 22 March 2012 By  Kevin Doyle Specialist heart equipment that could test young athletes for risk of sudden adult death syndrome is lying idle because there isn’t the money to hire staff. As many as 80 people under the age of 35 die from sudden cardiac death (SCD) in Ireland every year,

Evening Herald Wednesday 21 March 2012 By Jane Kirby Women may live longer but men enjoy more years of health – possibly because women are drinking more. An EU analysis showed that, on average, women outlive men by six years, although there were wide variations between countries. In terms of quality of life, men have