Volunteer of the year saved hundreds of lives

Volunteer of the year David McEvoy helped save the lives of hundreds of people in his community over the last five years.

The Offaly man established Birr First Responders in 2012 after saving his father’s life — he knew how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, commonly known as CPR.

David was only trained in CPR three weeks when his father suffered a cardiac arrest at home. He was able to use the technique for 42 minutes until help arrived.