GPA kick on with heart screening

MORE than half of the senior inter-county hurlers and footballers in the country have been screened forheart problems by a new company working with the Gaelic Players’ Association, it has emerged.

Ed Donovan of mobile cardiac screening company Heartaid says the remaining hurlers and footballers will be screened in the coming weeks, but he stresses the need for sportspeople operating at all levels to be screened for cardiac problems.

“We’re a service provider to the GPA but we don’t just work with elite sportspeople — we’ve screened the Connacht [rugby] Academy and various other sports clubs such as Church of Ireland Hockey Club.