Lifesaving Lions install defibrillators across 10 Kildare towns
Emergency equipment provided to Kildare communities
Reporter:
laura.coates@leinsterleader.ie
Stephen O’Neill (Incoming president Maynooth/Kilcock Lions Club), Peter O’Sullivan (project coordinator), Arthur O Hara and Liz Heffernan, and Ann Johnson, Daybreak, Coill Dubh. Pic: A Conway );
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Members of Maynooth/Kilcock Lions Club recently bought and installed defibrillators on shop fronts in the centre of nine Kildare towns and villages.
The new AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) are located at Allenwood, Celbridge, Coill Dubh, Derrinturn, Donadea, Johnstownbridge, Kilcock, Maynooth, and Prosperous. A further device will be installed in Leixlip.
The lifesaving equipment is housed in a weatherproof and vandal resistant cabinet. A keycode for access in an emergency can be given by shop staff or the emergency services.
Kildare Death Notices for today: Tuesday, January 19
Reporter: ); Sonia MC LOUGHLIN (née Keegan)
Celbridge, Kildare
MC LOUGHLIN, (nee Keegan) Sonia, January 15th 2021, Cellbridge, Co. Kildare. The death has taken place of Sonia Mc Loughlin while in the care of the ICU team in Tallaght Hospital. Sonia fought many battles against a myriad of medical obstacles for many years and will be remembered and admired for her compassion, tenacity, generosity and selflessness.
Adored wife of Gerard, loving mum to Aimée, precious daughter of Gerry and Dorothy Keegan, loyal and loving sister of Karl and devoted niece to James. Sadly missed and mourned by all her father in law, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, friends, colleagues and, the other love of her life, her dog Teddy Boo’ to whom she was inseparable.
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Tennis, cycling, rowing, seated boxing, dancing, aqua aerobics, hoola hoop classes, on line yoga and dancing and Nordic walking are just some of the activities that new Age and Opportunity grants are set to fund.
Sixteen Louth groups will receive over €6,000 to fund physical activity for older people. The grants scheme, a combined initiative from Age & Opportunity and Sport Ireland, will distribute €6,920 across 16 groups in Louth.
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, said: The Age & Opportunity Active National Grant Scheme continues to act as a valuable resource in getting older people active. This investment will help support and empower thousands of groups of older people to get more active. Age & Opportunity are doing a wonderful job of providing opportunities for older people to enjoy all the benefits that participation in physical activity can bring.