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While Premiership footballer Fabrice Muamba bravely recovers in hospital, it seems we are reminded about incidents of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) all too often.

The very public cardiac arrest suffered by Fabrice Muamba a fortnight ago sent shockwaves around the football, world but for one amateur footballer in Dublin, the collapse of the Bolton Wanderers player on the pitch at White Hart Lane was especially distressing.

As Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba continues his recovery from the cardiac arrest he suffered on the pitch at White Hart Lane, Airtricity League of Ireland teams will this weekend raise awareness of the work being done in this country by the charity CRY (Caridac Risk In The Young).

Due to her work commitments, RTÉ sports presenter Jacqui Hurley is no stranger to running tracks, bike races or triathlons.

CARDIAC problems were identified in one in 10 young people with a family history of heart disease who attended a specialist treatment centre last year.

A LIFE-SAVING centre that screens for cardiac risk in young people has opened in Tallaght hospital.

FAMILIES who have lost loved ones through Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) could soon be screened for the condition at the country’s first one-stop heart clinic.

MORE than 70 people under the age of 35 died from sudden cardiac attacks in a 10-year period to 2002, a study carried out in Dublin has found.

JENNY RIORDAN was booking her next trip abroad on her laptop when her heart stopped and she died in the arms of a friend.