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The Irish Heart Foundation has backed the latest UK TV campaign featuring Hollywood actor Vinnie Jones promoting hands-only CPR to help save lives from sudden cardiac arrest.

A local heart charity is seeking men and women to take part in a white collar boxing fundraiser in the city on the eve of St Patrick’s Day.

One of the most remote areas in the country has demonstrated its fight for survival by achieving a lifesaving award from the Irish Heart Foundation. A man’s life has already been saved since the community started the initiative which involves training local people to respond to cardiac emergencies in the area. The achievements of the Muintir á Chorrain Currane Belfarsad Community Defibrillator Group in Achill will be celebrated after they received the prestigious Irish Heart Foundation Heartsafe award.

The HSE Creagh Training Centre in Ballinasloe is one of the participants in the Craft Your Wellness exhibition taking place in the Carlton Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe on Tuesday November 8 from 10.30am to 3pm.

The Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) is urging the people of Mayo to get checked for high blood pressure on Thursday October 20, between 11am and 3pm, at the Lidl store in Castlebar.

On Thursday September 29 an Irish Heart Foundation nurse will be carrying out free heart health assessments on all men, between 1pm and 5pm, at Áras Inis Gluaire, Belmullet.

An Irish Heart Foundation nurse will be carrying out free heart health assessments on all men between 1pm and 5pm on Thursday September 29 at Áras Inis Gluaire. Refreshments will be provided. There will be free information available including ‘A man’s guide to a healthy heart.’ Also in September, the IMF will be working with Iorras FM to invite men to help it with the history of Erris. Beginning on Saturday 24, it will have a regular programme with music and chat about days gone by. It would love to hear from any men over 55 who would like to get involved in this. Contact Lorraine on 097 81079.

Do not die of embarrassment is the hard-hitting message from the Irish Heart Foundation, which is urging Irish men not to delay in calling 999 for emergency treatment if they think they are having a heart attack.

Galway Rose Ciara Keane is on the lookout for big-hearted people as she prepares to shake up the Galway Marathon Festival in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation this August 28. Together with Galway county footballer Fiachra Breathnach, Keane limbered up for the special Galway City Mini Marathon taking place as one of three races in the marathon festival next month. Kitted out in electric red Irish Heart Foundation headbands, legwarmers, and matching t-shirts, the pair encouraged runners and walkers of all levels to join in the fun and raise money to keep more hearts beating.

NUI Galway was among the award winners at the recent Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Annual Doctor Awards in Dublin. Andrew Murphy, Professor of General Practice at NUI Galway, and his SPHERE team were awarded both the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Award for Best General Practice Paper, and the overall Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Award for Best Research Paper published by an Irish doctor in 2011.