Two Loughborough families have raised more than £6,000 for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) in memory of Hannah McDonogh, 20, who passed away in her sleep. Hannah was in her second year as a student of fine art at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design when she was discovered in her bed by her
Tributes have been paid to a man described as the driving force behind an annual Brighouse soccer festival. Mr Barry O’Loughlin, whose funeral took place on Tuesday, had helped organise the Dominic O’Loughlin Soccer Festival, run by Clifton Rangers in memory of his son Dominic. the festival was first held in 1996 two years after Dominic died
A campaign launched by a mother whose young footballing son died from a heart attack, has been backed by her MP. Dionne Young launched a battle for the introduction of routine screening of youths in sport, after son, Daniel, suffered a fatal heart attack. The 16-year-old footballer collapsed on the pitch just minutes after scoring a
Officials of the Eoghan Rua gaelic club in Coleraine are to hold an information evening for parents to allay fears following the deaths of two children in county Tyrone in the past fortnight. Ten-year-old Patrick Breen and 12-year-old Patrick Devline died while playing gaelic football, leading to renewed calls for screening to be made more readily
Laurie MacNamara should be preparing for the happiest day of her life. Instead she only has memories and photographs to remember the 'strapping' six footer she was to marry. For in a cruel twist of fate Barry Johnston dropped dead when he was playing football. He was just 27. the cause, Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, was something Laurie
They danced and they laughed for CRY at a salsa extravaganza. Organiser Julie Hatton of Grangetown was determined the rhythm was gonna them at Redcar Bowl during a day of salsa dancing for Cardiac Risk in the Young. Julie's son Leon died from a hidden heart defect in July 1999, aged just four. Since then, Julie
A mother whose sports son Andrew died of a heart attack just days from his 18th birthday wants to get more students checked out. Caroline Gard, who has been at the forefront of a heart screening initiative, is hoping to get between 800 and 1,000 students at Tendring Technology College tested. It would make the college,
An Essex college is to become only the second state school in the country to offer free heart checks to all 800 of its pupils. Tendring Technology College, which has sites in Thorpe and Frinton, will be visited by technicians from the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY). Early next month 800 youngsters will e
Calls were growing last night for the screening of young people for health problems after the sudden deaths of four schoolboys in less than a week. A post-mortem examination takes place today to confirm the cause of death of Patrick Devlin (13), who collapsed at a GAA pitch in Ardobe in Co Tyrone on Saturday. The
The funeral of 10-year-old Patrick Breen, who collapsed while playing Gaelic football, will be held today. Children from Envagh Primary School – where Patrick was one of only 25 pupils – are expected to sing during a Requiem Mass at St Patrick's Church in Drumquin. Members of the minor and under 12's Michael Cusack's sides will
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