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Rathdowney people can play their part in saving local lives by being trained in the use of the town's defibrillators. Defibrillators are devices that send an electric pulse or shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat if someone suffers a ...

14 Feb 2023 at 17:23

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Lifesaving device similar to what saved Christain Eriksen lies idle in Laois village

A defibrillator similar to the device used to save the life of Christian Eriksen is sitting idle in Laois because of a power connection delay. Cllr Paschal McEvoy has called for the obstacles to commissioning the defibrillator to be installed ...

22 Jun 2021 at 17:01

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Ballyfin to locate new life saving device outside The Deadman's Inn Pub

A new lifesaving device is set to be located outside The Deadman's Inn pub in Ballyfin. A result of Operation Transformation effort and a generous family, in the Laois community has access to a defibrillator. In a notice to local people ...

07 Apr 2017 at 10:57

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ALERT: HPRA warns of unauthorised labelling on AED pads in Laois

The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is today advising that a number of Defibtech Automated External Defibrillator (AED) pads supplied to Laois and the wider the Irish market have been affixed with unauthorised labels. The ...

16 Oct 2024 at 15:37

Local News

Defibrillator fundraising campaign on in Laois to help save lives across big swathe of the county

A new fundraising campaign is underway to help the Killeshin Community First Responders (CFR) to raise funds to purchase potentially lifesaving defibrillators for use on the Laois Carlow border. The group was established last ...

27 May 2021 at 17:17

Portlaoise

Portlaoise Community First Responders take responsibility for four defibs in town

Portlaoise Community First Responders has announced that they are taking responsibility for the four Public Access AEDs in Portlaoise Town. This comes after discussions with the National Ambulance Service who agreed that the ...

04 Nov 2024 at 08:12

Your Community

Learn skills that could save a life at Laois training sessions

People in Laois who want to acquire skills that could someone's life will be able to avail of training around the county in February. The Health Service Executive (HSE) will provide training which individuals or groups can ...

08 Feb 2019 at 15:48

Portlaoise

Laois agri business donates life saving equipment to local first responders

A Laois agricultural business have donated life saving equipment to local community first responders. Portlaoise Community First Responders have received a donation of an AED from Stephen Dowling in Dúnmasc Genetics. This ...

10 Mar 2025 at 20:53

Local News

Potential life savers invited to join group in Borris-in-Ossory

People in the Borris-in-Ossory especially its hinterland of Laois who think they can help in an emergency and possibly save a life are invited to join the village's Defibrillator Group. It has come to that time of the ...

29 Mar 2017 at 18:45

Features

Laois breaks new ground with life saving project

January marked another milestone in a project that will save Laois lives with the installation of a new defibrillator in Portlaoise. The publicly accessible device has been installed in a reconditioned P&T telephone ...

01 Feb 2020 at 23:44

National News

VAT on defibrillators labelled a 'tax on saving lives' by Irish Heart Foundation

The Irish Heart Foundation has called for action to remove VAT on defibrillators which it says is a “a tax on saving lives”. It urges the removal of the VAT as soon as is allowable under EU law. Changes in EU ...

10 Feb 2022 at 12:41

National News

Removal of VAT on defibrillators urged to end a 'tax on saving lives'

The VAT on defibrillators is a “tax on saving lives” and must be scrapped in the upcoming budget, the Irish Heart Foundation has said in its pre-Budget submission. The charity claims the average cost of an ...

23 Aug 2022 at 15:25

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