O’Connell throws weight behind cardiac screening

IRELAND and Munster rugby star Paul O’Connell is putting his formidable weight behind a campaign to encourage sports clubs tackle the issue of sudden adult death.

The giant forward has also agreed to help turn a team of young gaelic players, also determined to give the problem of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) the boot, into champions.

Munterconnaught, a junior gaelic football club from Co Cavan, is aiming to win the junior football championship this summer after a 14-year gap.