Daughter who saved her father’s life urges everyone to learn CPR

Colm Costigan’s life was saved by his daughter Caoimhe performing CPR on him when he had a cardiac arrest while out cycling. Today (Friday Oct 16) is Irish Heart Foundation’s Restart a Heart Day – which encourages the public to learn CPR and triple a person’s chances of surviving cardiac arrest. Picture: Robbie Reynolds/PA

A young doctor who saved her father’s life by performing CPR on him has urged the public to learn it.

Caoimhe Costigan from Glasnevin in Dublin had been on a bike ride with her father Colm in rural Tipperary when she noticed he was slowing down and had dismounted.