Bryan's heart is firmly in new role

SLIM and trim, actor Bryan Murray seems an unlikely poster boy for the Irish Heart Foundation’s Heart Month. Despite the 64-year-old Fair City star’s healthy lifestyle and regular medical check-ups, he was diagnosed with high cholesterol four years ago.

“Turning 60 is like a wake-up call,” he says. “When you reach a milestone like that, you want to make sure everything is in good working order. So I decided to have my bloods checked. The results came back and my cholesterol was very high — it was 6.9.”

Murray was dismayed. “I thought ‘what am I doing wrong here’? The doctor gave me the choice of going on cholesterol-lowering medication or trying to lower it myself. I went for the second option.”