Here’s how to get a free cholesterol check next week – and why you should

Television presenter and radio host Lucy Kennedy is fronting the campaign and will broadcast herself availing of the free cholesterol test live on her Instagram next Friday

Lucy Kennedy: I am 46 and I’ve never had my cholesterol checked. Picture Andres Poveda

Free cholesterol tests will be available nationwide next Friday, October 7.

The tests will be available in selected Hickeys and AllCare pharmacies across the country as part of a Benecol campaign, with home tests also available free of charge.