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Evening Echo 28th October 2010 A group of Cork based musicians have joined forces to record an album in memory of a Bandon teenager. Le Gra do Chiara was recorded at the weekend in Mr Bradley’s Bar on Barrack Street as part of the Fireside Sessions in aid of CRY – Cardiac Risk in the

Metro Herald 18th October 2010 Members of the public should not give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation unless they are fully trained, according to new guidelines just published today. Instead those lacking full skills should give chest compressions only – the best chance of saving a life. Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) involves chest compressions and ‘rescue’ breaths, with the

TAKEN FROM :-Irish Times HealthTuesday, 31st August 2010Muiris Houston At The Heart of Women’s Problems “My heart is low, my heart is so low, As only a woman’s heart can be”  – Eleanor McEvoy This lyric came to mind when reading a recent press release from the Irish Heart Foundation. Consultant physician Dr Kate McGarry,

Taken fromCLONMEL NATIONALISTTHURSDAY, 2ND SEPTEMBER 2010 On July 17th Clonmel man Brendan O’Mahony from Cherrymount, undertook a lone walk on the Camino Ingles from Ferrol to Santiago in Spain, covering 150 kilometres. The walk was in memory of his  32 year-old son Conor, who died suddenly in 2006. Brendan’s trek raised sponsorship of €16,000, which