Surgeon backs ‘Happy Hearts’

PIONEERING heart surgeon Maurice Nelligan backed a fundraising group last night that aims to help fight heart disease.

Mr Nelligan, who has retired as Ireland’s top heart transplant surgeon, launched the Killorglin Happy Hearts Group in Co Kerry.

The group was set up in memory of former Fexco worker Kevin Melia, who died of a heart attack aged just 44 last November.