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Restart a Heart Day

2020-10-16T11:05:27+01:00

Restart A Heart Day runs each year when across the globe we raise awareness of CPR and how important it is for us all to know how we can save a life using just our hands. Why is it important that we all know how to perform CPR? Every year in Ireland thousands of people die from a cardiac arrest. Around 70% of these deaths happen at home, in front of a loved one. Which means that if someone you love suffers a cardiac arrest, you could be their best chance of survival. To counter this, the IHF has developed [...]

Restart a Heart Day2020-10-16T11:05:27+01:00

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

2020-10-06T13:44:42+01:00

As October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, there is no better time to get informed and make sure your loved ones are too CURRENT STATISTICS IN IRELAND 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer in the course of their lifetime Incidence of male breast cancer is 1 in 1000 – around 22 men develop breast cancer in Ireland each year We have 3100 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed each year Only 5-10% of breast cancer cases are hereditary The risk of developing breast cancer increases with age. Approximately 80% of breast cancers occur in women over 50 years. WARNING [...]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month2020-10-06T13:44:42+01:00

The Condon family from Farranree donate life saving equipment

2020-10-01T21:31:51+01:00

On behalf of Cork City First Responders, Pat Carroll (Scheme Coordinator), sincerely thanked the Condon family including the nieces and nephews of the late Sharon Condon from Farranree Cork. The family held a major fund-raising drive to purchase three defibrillators, donating two of them to the Cork City First Responder scheme and the third to the Cope Foundation in Hollyhill where Sharon was a service user. The family also made a donation to the Irish Cancer Society. Ensuring Sharon’s legacy lives on through others, these life saving defibrillators have been commissioned and will be used by the Cork City First [...]

The Condon family from Farranree donate life saving equipment2020-10-01T21:31:51+01:00
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