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The Tony Parker Foundation is to provide its 100th defibrillator to a location in the centre of Athlone, councillors were informed at November’s meeting of the Athlone Municipal District.

The Knocknacarra Community Defibrillator Group launched the new community defibrillator for the Knocknacarra area on Monday.

A new group is to be formed in Castlebar called Castlebar Heartsaver. The aim of the group is to fundraise to purchase life saving defibrillators and provide CPR/AED training.

I FIRST became aware of Rejini Samuel’s work a couple of years ago when she began attending creative writing classes at GTI and, as a result, came along and read some poems and extracts from stories at an Over The Edge open-mic.

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 shocking collapse of Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba with cardiac arrest during the FA Cup.

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.

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.

A retired priest who lives in Craughwell is one of the first people in the country to be implanted with an MRI compatible pacemaker.

Castlecomer with defibrillators in public places, to which there would be immediate access in a case of emergency, will become a reality on Saturday next, October 23. A ceremony will take place at 1pm on The Square outside Eurospar and will mark the provision of two community defibrillators.

A defibrillator course will be held on Wednesday and Thursday June 9 and 10 from 7pm to 10pm in Cosgallen CDP.