THERE are calls for mandatory heart screening of all schoolchildren after four young boys died playing sports in one week.

The President of the GAA Mr Nickey Brennan has expressed his shock and sadness at the tragic death of 10-year-old Patrick Breen from Dregish, who died while training with his club Drumquin in Tyrone on Tuesday evening.

A FAMILY and rural community in Co Tyrone is in mourning after a 10-year-old boy died on the pitch during Gaelic football training on Tuesday night.