First of four public access defibrillators installed in old-style telephone boxes in Carrigaline

A family touched by personal tragedy has helped get a life-saving initiative off the ground in one of Ireland’s largest towns, writes Eoin English.

Bríd Kearney, from Carrigaline in Co Cork, who lost her father Tim two years ago, said she and her family wanted to do something to help the “unsung heroes” in the town’s volunteer first responders group who rendered assistance to him.