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 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).

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

The GAA and VHI Healthcare today launched details of a nationwide initiative to help clubs tackle the phenomenon of Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome.