Man who destroyed defibrillator pays for new one after seeing RTÉ’s Crimecall

The defibrillator that was destroyed in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

A man who admitted to destroying a life-saving defibrillator has come forward anonymously to pay for a new piece of this vital equipment as a result of RTÉ’s Crimecall airing the incident.

The automated external defibrillator (AED) located outside the Dinn Rí restaurant and bar on Tullow Street in Carlow Town was destroyed in the early hours of New Year’s Day, when its protective screen was smashed, rendering the device, which costs several thousand euro, unusable.