'It could happen to anyone': 700 Cork students and teachers learn life-saving CPR

Staff and students at Coláiste Éamann Rís took part in the largest training session ever undertaken by emergency services in the city

First-year students, Kelsi McDonagh, Justine Obazi, Holly Coates and Tomás McCormack at a CPR training day for all the students at Coláiste Éamann Rís, Ballyphehane, Cork. Picture: David Creedon

Close to 700 pupils and teachers have been trained in the use of CPR at a Cork school, the largest training session ever undertaken by emergency services in the city.

Rows of children lined up at CPR manikins in the school hall at Coláiste Éamann Rís to learn a vital skill that can save lives and had no issues getting stuck in with some chest compressions.