A man who survived a massive heart attack thanks to a publicly available defibrillator has condemned vandalism to Cork City’s first 24/7 life-saving device.

Residents living near Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork have been given a private tour to see progress on the multimillion-euro revamp of the GAA stadium, which is on course to host its first games next July.

A drowning in the river Lee has inspired a renewed drive to establish a volunteer emergency-response service in a Cork town.

More than 900 defibrillators in Ireland may not work properly in a life-saving operation because recommended safety and maintenance updates have not been undertaken.

The Irish Red Cross has offered to conduct free checks on community-based defibrillators across the country in the wake of a diving tragedy off Cork.

Sports clubs have been urged to store automated external defibrillators (AEDs) with extreme care after the batteries in a diving club’s device went flat just days before a fatal diving accident.

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A DOWN referee, 46, is stable but still in a critical condition in hospital after he collapsed during a club championship game in Newry on Sunday night.

A WOMAN spoke yesterday about how her father’s sudden death inspired her to raise enough money to install life-saving defibrillators on the streets of her town.

A GUIDE on how communities can respond rapidly to someone who has collapsed, or whose heart has stopped, was introduced yesterday by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

Leinster Junior club Railway Union RFC have taken the lead to protect their players by bringing in an Automated External Defibrillator, commonly known as an AED.

The Government was today called on to reduce the number of deaths from cardiac arrest by investing in life-saving school resuscitation programmes.

CLONMEL is in line to become the first town in the country where a team of trained heart medics will be able to reach anyone who suffers a heart attack within four minutes.