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STAFF performing vital Ryanair safety checks havebeen snapped playing crazy pranks just feet from jets.

The workers are employed to carry out repairs forthe under-fire airline. But photographs show someshrink-wrapped to tables or suspended in mid-air andothers with faces daubed by industrial marker pens.

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STAFF performing vital Ryanair safety checks havebeen snapped playing crazy pranks just feet from jets.

The workers are employed to carry out repairs for

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THE Irish Sun todaylaunches a campaignto get the Governmentto install life-savingdefibrillators in everyschool in the country.

Our Show SomeHeart crusade comes

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KIM Jong-un has insistedhis nuclear weapons werea “powerful deterrent”that guaranteed NorthKorea’s sovereignty.

It came just hours afterUS President DonaldTrump said “only onething will work” in deal-ing with the country.

Trump did not makeclear what he was refer-ring to but has previ-ously warned that theUS would “totallydestroy” North Korea ifnecessary to protect itselfand its allies.

Jong-un said the situa-tion proved that NorthKorea’s parallel develop-ment of nuclear weaponsand the economy was“absolutely right”.

He added: “The nat-ional economy has grownon their strength thisyear, despite the escalat-ing sanctions.”

The leader also pro-moted his sister KimYo-jong, 28, to the deci-sion-making politburo.

Jong-un:My nuke arsenal’s essential

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Girl killedin smashA YOUNG woman diedand two other peoplewere seriously injured ina car crash.

The accident happenedon Newbridge Road, Der-rylin, Co Fermanagh, atmidnight on Saturday.

One woman died at thescene while the other twovictims were taken tohospital where they wereyesterday being treatedfor serious injuries.

All are in their 20s.PSNI officers closed off

the road yesterday whiletechnical examinationswere being carried out.

A spokesperson for thepolice force said: “Theone-vehicle crash hap-pened on the NewbridgeRoad in Derrylin shortlybefore midnight.”

Sales areon the upPUNTERS went on ashopping spree in Sep-tember, according to thelatest Visa ConsumerSpending Index.

Expenditure on house-hold goods saw thestrongest growth, rising10.8 per cent on August.

Clothing and footwearalso saw a spike withIrish shoppers shellingout 5.8 per cent morethan in August.

And more shoppers arehitting the high streets,with face to face spend-ing growing 1.8 per centcompared with the sameperiod in 2016.

The Index found onlineshopping saw a 5.4 percent increase year onyear but spending onhealth and education fell.

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Continued from Page Oneafter we told how hero principal TimO Tuachaigh saved a young pupil’s lifeonly because a nearby GAA club hadone of the devices.

Following our story, two GovernmentDepartments attempted to pass thebuck to each other over the issue ofdefibrillators being provided inschools. So today we launch our spe-

cial Show Some Heart campaign toget AEDs installed in all schools.

Principal O Tuachaigh is backing theIrish Sun campaign, as is Maria Con-don, whose daughter Isabelle has been

saved by CPR on numerous occasions.Maria said she “won’t rest” until defi-brillators are installed in all primaryand secondary schools.

Five thousand lives are lost everyyear here to sudden cardiac arrest —that’s 13 people every day.

Defibrillation is described as the sin-gle most effective treatment for oneof these incidents.

By GARY MENEELY & MICHAEL DOYLE

THE Irish Sun’s campaign toget the Government to intro-duce defibrillators in all ourschools has been backed bythe hero principal who usedone to save a pupil.

And Maria Condon, whosedaughter’s life has been saved byCPR, also backs our push afterreading our exclusive story aboutschool chief Tim O Tuachaighsaving a young lad’s life becausea nearby GAA club had one ofthe devices installed.

We told how the defibrillator wasonly available to Gaelscoil Ros Eo inRush, north Co Dublin, as it was pro-vided to the club by a pizza company.

Following our story, both theDepartment of Education and Depart-ment of Health have attempted topass the buck to each other over theissue of who is supposed to providedefibrillators in schools.

But the Irish Sun doesn’t believethe response from the Governmenthas any heart.

So today we launch our specialShow Some Heart campaign to getautomated external defibrillatorsinstalled in all schools.

Principal O Tuachaigh is backingthe crusade and said: “I very muchwelcome this campaign from the IrishSun. Our children’s lives are at stake,what can be more important?

“Both Departments have said theissue of defibrillators in schools is anissue for the other. So both Depart-ments say it is a Government issue. Itis time for theGovernment to doits duty on this.

“Let’s get defi-brillators in allschools. Let’s dothe right thing byour children.”

Ms Condon alsogot behind ourcampaign and hasset up her ownpetition. She saidher six-year-olddaughter Isabellesuffers from acondition calledApnoea, which has seen her go intocardiac arrest a few times.

Maria explained: “Isabelle has dieda number of times and been broughtback because she was with someonewith proper CPR training.

“But what if she had one episode inschool? Children are in the care ofteachers for six or seven hours a dayyet they have no training in CPR andare not required to have any.

“This is ridiculous when, accordingto the Irish Heart Foundation, about125 people die from sudden deathsyndrome a year.”

Maria said there are a few reasonswhy teachers have so far not receivedtraining in CPR.

The crusading mother added: “Thecost is one thing and the timeinvolved but there is also a fear thata school might get sued if somethinggoes wrong.

“This can’t happen because they’recovered by the Good Samaritan law.”

Maria said she is looking for moresignatures on her own petition forfirst aid training to be made compul-sory for all teachers.

She hopes to present it to HealthMinister Simon Harris, EducationMinister Richard Bruton and Child-ren’s Minister Katherine Zappone.

She said: “I want defibs in primaryschools and secondary schools andwon’t rest until they are. I want tocall it Isabelle’s Law.

“Thankfully Isabelle is doing verywell at the moment and showingsigns of growing out of it.”l ANYONE who wants to sign Maria’spetition can do so on the YoungHearts n Hands Facebook page.

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THE family of a nine-year-old boy who wasbrought back to life by a defibrillator isbacking our fight to get them in all schools.

Miracle lad Sean Kelly, from Rush, CoDublin, was given just a two per centchance of surviving after collapsing incardiac arrest in the school playground.

Mum Deirdre told the Irish Sun: “Withoutthe defib he wouldn’t be here.”

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RAFA BENITEZ urged Newcastle

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demanded Mike Ashley’s removal.

Furious Toon supporters sang: “You fat

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By GORDON MANNINGMICKEY HARTE thinksTyrone’s display onSaturday would havebeen good enough tobeat anyone but Dublin.After Dublin’s second-halfcomeback in Omagh,Tyrone boss Harte said:“That’s why they’re fourtimes league champions

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HARRIS GIVES USHEART SUPPORT

JOIN DEFIBRILLATOR PUSHBy GARY MENEELY

HUNDREDS of readers havejoined the Irish Sun’s ShowSome Heart campaign to getthe Government to installlife-saving defibrillators inevery school.

Mail bags containingyour support startedto arrive in our officesas soon as we revealedhow hero principal Tim OTuachaigh saved a youngpupil’s life with one ofthe devices.

Following our story, twoDepartments within theGovernment attempted topass the buck to eachother over the issue of theinstallation of defibrillatorsin schools across Ireland.

We then launched ourspecial Show Some Heartcampaign in an attempt tohelp get vital AEDsinstalled in schools.

An army of readershave filled out andposted in our petition, andmany more have signed upto our call to action online.

You can go to thesun.ie/showsomeheart to sign theonline petition, which takes lessthan five seconds to complete.

Readers can also email yoursupport or you can simply signthis petition below and send it tothe address attached.

EXCLUSIVE by KIERAN DINEEN and GARY MENEELY

SIMON Harris hassaid he wants to seedefibrillators installedin all schools — asthe Irish Sun stepsup our Show SomeHeart campaign.

The Health Ministerwill instruct his officialsto work with their coun-terparts in Education tocome up with a plan sothe devices can be putin “everywhere”.

This comes after the IrishSun told how principal TimO Tuachaigh helped torevive a nine-year-old pupilwho had collapsed in theplayground in cardiac arrest.

The defibrillator was only

available at Gaelscoil Ros Eoin Rush, Co Dublin, as itwas provided to a nearbyGAA club by a pizza com-pany, and not the State.

Following our story, theDepartments of Educationand Health claimed thedefibrillator issue wasn’t apolicy matter for them.

The Department ofEducation first triedto kick the issue toHealth before rop-ing in the Boardsof Management ofeach school.

Education Minis-ter Richard Brutonhad said: “Technologyrequired for medicalpurposes is outsidethe remit of

my Department.” The IrishSun believed the responsefrom Government was sim-ply not good enough.

So we launched ourspecial Show Some Heartcampaign to get AEDsinstalled in all schools.

Now Harris insists he willget involved, and intends

to have a face-to-face meet-ing with Mr Bruton.

Harris told the IrishSun: “Ultimately, as HealthMinister, I believe in theidea of having defibrillatorseverywhere and anywherewe can in public places,including schools.

“It is really logical, itmakes sense. I would like tosee it happen. I intend to sitdown with the Minister forEducation and see how wecan make it happen.

“We are seeing a hugeincrease in the number ofdefibrillators right across thecountry, thankfully.

“But if there is a need forus to be more organised andcoordinated then that shouldhappen. So I intend to ask

officials in my Departmentto work with officials inEducation to see can a planbe drawn up.”

Meanwhile, the family of aGAA player who died fromcardiac arrest have alsojoined the Irish Sun’s ShowSome Heart campaign.

Dublin Under-21 panellistCiaran Carr, 20, collapsedand died in 2012 duringpractice with his club.

His parents Gemma andPhilip set up the CiaranCarr Foundation — a charityaimed at preventing suddencardiac death.

They told how their lad“left home for training onenight and never came home”.

Philip added: “It is timefor the Government to putour children first. You areonly talking €1,200 to buyand install a defibrillator.Are you telling us a child’slife isn’t worth €1,200?”

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By GARY MENEELYBy GARY MENEELY

HUNDREDS of readers havejoined the Irish Sun’s ShowSome Heart campaign to getthe Government to installlife-saving defibrillators in

Mail bags containingyour support startedto arrive in our officesas soon as we revealedhow hero principal Tim OTuachaigh saved a youngpupil’s life with one of

Following our story, twoDepartments within theGovernment attempted topass the buck to eachother over the issue of theinstallation of defibrillatorsin schools across Ireland.

We then launched ourspecial Show Some Heartcampaign in an attempt tohelp get vital AEDs

An army of readershave filled out andposted in our petition, andmany more have signed upto our call to action online.

You can go to thesun.ie/showsomeheart to sign theonline petition, which takes lessthan five seconds to complete.

Readers can also email yoursupport or you can simply signthis petition below and send it tothe address attached.

By AOIFE BANNON

DYSLEXIA is caused byan easily-treatable eyecondition which causesletters to appear back tofront, scientists say.

French experts foundthe light-receptor cells inthe eyes of people withdyslexia — a commonlearning difficulty — dif-fer from those of peoplewho do not suffer fromthe condition.

In dyslexic people,these light-receptor cellsform a matching patternwhich confuses the brainwith “mirror” images,mixing up the letters ‘b’and ‘d’, for example.

Professor Guy Ropars,the study’s co-author,said: “Our observationslead us to believe weindeed found a potentialcause of dyslexia.”

The scientists were ableto develop a treatmentwhich involves flashingan LED lamp thatswitches off and on soquickly it is invisible tothe naked eye. Aroundone in ten people in Ire-land suffer from dyslexia.

Scientist:Dyslexiais easilytreatable

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Shop bidfor Big CTHE Irish Cancer Societyis urging people to visitits charity stores today toraise money as part ofthe BT Shop for Change.

Some 78 per cent ofpeople in the Republicdonate unwanted items tocharity shops, with nearly60 per cent donatingtwice a year.

BT volunteers willtoday take over 25 IrishCancer Society and MarieCurie charity shops.

They will be competingto collect as much newstock and raise as muchmoney for people livingwith cancer.

Stylist Irene O’Briensaid: “You can findincredible hidden gemsin a charity shop.”

Harry life‘a puzzle’HARRY Styles has saidhe is “still trying to fig-ure out” his life.

The 23-year-old hasdabbled in singing andacting since he left OneDirection but is exploringwhat he wants to do

He said: “I’m 23 andvery much feel like I amstill learning so much.

“I’m just kind of figur-ing it out.”

Harry was just a teenwhen he took part in XFactor and said he willnever forget how muchhis life changed.

He added: “The firsttime we got to Paris,there was a lot of peopleand I lost my shoes. Iended up off the groundand wasn’t walking anymore. That was crazy.”

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Campaign . . TDs, with Irish Sun reporters, heard about crusade at Dail

A MIRACLE lad had a 98per cent chance of dyingafter collapsing at schoolin cardiac arrest — andonly survived as a nearbydefibrillator revived him.

Sean Kelly, nine, was theinspiration for the Irish Sun’sShow Some Heart campaignafter he was saved thanks tohis quick-thinking principal.

Hero Tim O Tuachaigh performedCPR on the boy as an automatedexternal defibrillator — known asan AED — was rushed to the scene.

But the life-saving device wasonly available as it had beensupplied to the GAA club next doorto the school by a pizza company.

Now the Kellys have backed ourcrusade to get defibrillatorsinstalled in all schools, telling theGovernment: “You can make adifference if you really want to.”

Mum Deirdre added: “Sean’sconsultant said he had a two percent chance of coming out of it.

“Because of the speed of thereactions by the school staff andtwo locals, that they did the CPRand had the defib on very quick,they are the elements that savedhim. Because of the AED, it gavehim a fighting chance.

“Without the defib hewouldn’t be here.Absolutely nothing elsewould have saved him.Nothing else. Hewouldn’t have stoodany chance.”

Headmaster Timworked his heroicsat Gaelscoil Ros Eoin Rush, north CoDublin, which is onthe grounds of StMaurs GAA club, onSeptember 4.

Stunned staff called 999and first responders were onthe scene to deal with Sean — whohad no known underlying healthproblems — in around 25 minutesand rushed him to hospital.

But medics say the boy is onlyalive because the AED — that waspaid for by Apache Pizza and notthe State — was close to hand.

In an exclusive interview with theIrish Sun, the Kelly family todayspeak for the first time aboutSean’s “miracle” survival story.

We can also reveal that braveSean is back at Gaelscoil Ros Eoafter receiving specialist hospitaltreatment — which included havinghis own defibrillator fitted.

And as he posed for photos withhis mum Deirdre, 37, dad Stephen,43, and sisters Aoibhe, 11, andfive-year-old Bronagh, the familyhailed their little fighter.

Accountant Deirdre told the IrishSun: “He’s doing great, he’sbounced back great. He’s back toschool and getting on grand.”

But the mum said it was touchand go after Sean collapsed — asshe told of the shocking momentshe learned her boy had “justdropped” while at work.

She said: “I left the kids off toschool as normal at 8.30am. I wentinto work. I was away from mydesk at the time.

“I came back to my desk andthere were four missed calls on thephone, two numbers I didn’t recog-nise and two from my husband.

“I had a voicemail from my hus-band and he was shouting downthe phone to ring him backurgently. So I rang him back andone of the teachers at the school

heart condition. And Deirdrepraised all the medics who helpedher little lad and said: “I have tosay the staff in all the hospitalswere just phenomenal.

“We were told this is the scenariothat you are in, these are the good,middle and worst possible out-comes. There were three tests thatthey had to do over the three daysand that’s what I focused on.

“You have to have complete hopewhen you are in that situation.Until someone tells you that thereis a negative, you keep going withthe positives.

“Thankfully after three days hewoke up and gave out that he wasin hospital. He got moved onto theheart ward in Crumlin.

“He was in hospital for threeweeks. They did lots of tests andgot lots of medical information.

“And then he had to have surgery12 days after to fit the ICD. The

medics were amazed by his recov-ery. Temple Street rang the schoolcommending them for their efforts.”

Following our story on the neardeath incident, we launched ourShow Some Heart campaign.

Last month, a group of morethan 30 TDs and Senators fromacross the political divide attendeda campaign presentation at theDail, with many pledging to help.

And Deirdre explained: “We arereally, really supportive of theIrish Sun campaign. Itreally is a matter ofgetting the AEDsinstalled at allschools and aboutgetting the aware-ness out there.

“This has hap-pened once, don’tlet in happenagain and get thewrong outcome. We

just want something positive tocome out of what happened.

“We lend our support to thecampaign. An AED saved Sean, wewant AEDs to save other people aswell. If you need a defib, nothingelse takes its place. Nothing.”

The Department of Education andDepartment of Health haveattempted to pass the buck overthe issue of who is supposed toprovide defibs in schools.

But in a message to TaoiseachLeo Varadkar, Educa-

tion Minister Rich-ard Bruton andHealth MinisterSimon Harris,Deirdre today tellsthe politicians:“You can make a

difference if you

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heart condition. And Deirdrepraised all the medics who helped

medics were amazed by his recov-ery. Temple Street rang the school

just want something positive tocome out of what happened.

Sean had a 2% chance of survival, the defib saved his life, this is a warning shot

answered the phone. My husbandwas on scene at that stage.

“The teacher was very distressedon the phone. She said, ‘Sean’s justdropped, there’s an ambulance onthe way’. And I asked what part ofhis body is injured. And she saidhe stopped breathing. And at thatstage I stopped breathing too.

“Because when you drop yourkids to school three-and-a-halfhours previously, you don’t expect toget a phone call to say that. It justdid not make any sense, it wascompletely nonsensical.”

Youngster Sean was rushed toTemple Street Hospital in Dublinafter collapsing, before later beingtransferred to Crumlin Hospital inthe capital for surgery.

Worried Deirdre’s colleaguesarranged for a taxi to whizz her toTemple Street.

She said: “I went straight to Tem-ple Street. It was the longest 20minutes of my life waiting on theambulance to arrive at the hospital.”

She added: “An advanced para-medic was on the scene out inRush, which was a blessing. He justhappened to be on a call.

“The shout-out came and hedecided to go. That delayed themleaving, normally they just pickup and go. But because there

was an advanced paramedic,Sean was being treated at

the scene.“I literally just sat in

Temple Street, justwaiting for him toarrive. The staffwere very good, theywere literally clear-ing the corridors,they knew it was an

emergency case com-ing in. So I sat wait-

ing and eventually theyarrived in.“The medics asked lots of

questions, they asked thingslike is he allergic to penicillin, hashe been diagnosed with anything.

“But he had never been to a GP.He wouldn’t have had an antibioticat that stage, there was never any-thing or any indication of anythingwith Sean. No underlying healthissues at all.

“They didn’t know why hecollapsed, then they figured it wasthe heart. At that stage he wastransferred to Crumlin Hospital,because Crumlin is the heart hospi-tal for kids.

“It’s all very surreal when you aregoing through it at the time. Iremember that we were notallowed to travel in the ambulancewith him because they were goingto be going too fast.

“So he had a Garda car in frontof him and a Garda car behindhim, blue lights flashing. They wereliterally going to get him across thecity as fast as possible.

“So we followed in the taxi andgot to Crumlin. But you can’t seehim until they settle him in.

“So we eventually got to see himin ICU and they just explainedbasically that they would have tokeep him asleep for three days, tosee how things went.

“They knew at that stage that hehad a heart condition. But it wasalso the secondary outcomes thatcould arise as a result. He wasasleep for three days, it was just awaiting game.”

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THE Irish Sun’s Show Some Heart cam-paign was launched to generate pres-sure on the Government to introducedefibrillators in all schools here.

We kickstarted our crusade lastOctober, after we revealed how heroheadmaster Tim O Tuachaigh only savedSean’s life because a nearby GAA clubhad one of the crucial devices.

The fight was then backed by Kilkennymum Maria Condon, whose daughterIsabelle has been saved by CPR onnumerous occasions.

Around 5,000 lives are lost every yearhere to sudden cardiac arrest — that’s13 people every day.

Putting life-saving defibrillators inIrish schools would cost just €1,000 ago — or a combined cost of €5million.

Our crusade went from strength tostrength, with a num-ber of TDs backingour fight. In Novem-ber 2017, Fine GaelTD Michael Ring andIndependent MinisterFinian McGrath bothpledged their full sup-port to our cause.

We also continuedto reveal some of thehorror stories Irishfamilies have endured.

Heartbroken Gemmaand Philip Carrshared how their sonCiaran “left home fortraining one night andnever came back”.

The Dublin Under-21panellist collapsedduring practice andtragically passed awayin a case of Sudden Adult DeathSyndrome in 2012.

As the campaign continued to grow, itpicked up additional support fromFianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, aswell as Children’s Minister KatherineZappone and Minister John Halligan.

Last month, we took our campaigninto Leinster House where a presenta-tion was held in front of more than 30TDs and Senators.

An army of readers have joined theIrish Sun’s Show Some Heart push.

Go to thesun.ie/showsomeheart tosign the online petition. You can alsoemail your support or sign the petitionbelow and send it to our address.

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really want to. Schools are a greatplace to put defibrillators. Everyoneknows where their local school is.

“I wouldn’t have thought about itbeforehand but now that it’shappened once, it should never belet happen again. Ever.

“We had a very good outcomebecause things fell into place.

“Now that’s it’s happened once itshould never get to the situationwhere you are writing a story of abad outcome.

“That’s it, this is the warningshot across the bow. Now it’shappened make sure it doesn’thappen again. Schools are verygood and I know they got veryshaken by what happened.

“I know the schools in Rush gotdonated AEDs after what happenedto Sean. That’s on a local basis.

“It couldn’t be too much to ask toget the funding to get one in everyschool across the country. It’s going

to make a huge difference.” AndDeirdre said the Departments needto stop bickering for the sake of thenation’s children.

She said: “Split it between thetwo Departments, whatever works.If you can get AEDs in schoolsbefore this happens again, you cansay the AED saved the kid’s life.

“What’s the value of a kid’s life?There is no price on a child’s life.

“If one Department wants to putthem in and the other Departmentwants to train the teachers in usingthem, that’s fine.”

While he currently can’t playsports, Sean has returned to theclassroom and is bouncing with joy.

Deirdre said: “He’s doing great,he’s bounced back great. He’s backto school and getting on grand.

“The teachers are very good,they’re obviously very conscious ofhim. They are unbelievably brilliant.

“He is very good at adapting. He

has an ICD fitted which is basicallyhis own defibrillator. He’s safer nowthan he ever was. It is very earlydays. But he’s great.”

And despite having to endure thehorror ordeal at such a tender age,laid back Sean has taken his brushwith death in his stride.

Deirdre said: “He knows whathappened, as regards to what theteachers had to do and the defib.

“He knows but I don’t think hequite understands the severity of itnecessarily. But he knows about thedefib and what the defibs are for.

“And every now and again hewould ask you something aboutit. You just tell him the truth.

“But again he is so laid back.Thank God he is alright. I ameternally grateful to everyonewho helped Sean. He will haveto attend appointments forever more, every six months,but it is all going well.”

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Zayn tell all ‘relief’ZAYN Malik believes thatpeople respect him moresince he opened up abouthis anxiety.

The singer had to can-cel gigs in recent monthsdue to his ongoing battlewith the condition. He spoke about it inhis self-titled book,launched last year.He also revealed thathe battled an eating dis-order while he was stillin One Direction. He said: “My fans arealways supportive of any-thing I did. They’reamazing people andalways behind me.”And Zayn said thatalthough the encourage-ment helped it wasn’t thereason for speaking out.He revealed: “I just didit because I felt like Ineeded to do it. So whenyou get a nice reaction inreturn it’s like a bonus,it’s a cool feeling.”

He added: “I’m defi-nitely glad I got that offmy chest.”

By GARY MENEELYA PRIMARY school principal turnedlifesaver when he helped to revive anine-year-old pupil who collapsed inthe playground in cardiac arrest.Quick-thinking Tim O Tuachaighperformed CPR on the young lad as adefibrillator was rushed to the scene.In a major stroke of luck, the device — alsoknown as an AED — had been supplied to anearby GAA club by the Apache Pizza company.Headmaster Tim worked his heroics atGaelscoil Ros Eo in Rush, north Co Dublin,which is on the grounds of St Maurs.And medics say the boy only survived becausethe AED was close to hand.In an exclusive interview, Tim told the IrishSun of the “miracle” survival story.And in an impassioned appeal, he and theboy’s family have called on the Government toinstall AEDs in all schools and to providespecialist training to save other lives.Speaking for the first time about the traumaticSeptember 4 incident, Tim said: “It happened atyard time . . . The teacher on yard duty sent forme and when I went out there the boy was onthe ground unconscious.“He was in trouble. Practically straight awaywe began CPR on him. We rang 999 and keptdoing CPR. As we were doing the CPR, I toldsomeone to get the defibrillator from the GAAclub and they ran for it.“There was another girl from the GAA cluband she brought over the defibrillator“I put it on the boy. Between the CPR and thedefibrillator, that’s what pulled the boy through.“What was done between the CPR and thedefibrillator saved the boy’s life.”Staff called 999 and first responders were onthe scene in around 25 minutes.But without the CPR and the AED, the kidwould not have survived.Tim added: “It ended up we had three firebrigades and an ambulance here. “All of those first responders said the exactsame thing — that if we hadn’t done the CPR, ifwe hadn’t had the defibrillator, there would be avery different end to this story.“So it was critical, the boy needed both ofthose things. Without the defibrillator and theCPR we wouldn’t have the boy still with us.There is no doubt about that.”Tim is now urging the Government to providedefibrillators as standard in schools across thecountry — and training for teachers.He said: “Defibrillators are not provided asstandard in schools. That’s an issue that needsto be looked at. I think they cost around €1,000and about €200 to get them installed, there areadditional maintenance and training costs thathave to come with it as well. But in the biggerpicture, it is not a whole heap of money forproviding lifesaving equipment.“And here’s the thing, a lot of schools havealready fundraised to get them. The Governmentneed to look at the gap of schools that don’thave them and then provide them.“That, to my mind, would be a good spendfrom the Department of Education.”The defibrillator was given to St Maurs GAAClub as part of an initiative by Apache Pizza toinstall the lifesaving gizmos in communities.The boy was rushed to Temple Street Hospitalin Dublin after collapsing, and is now stable inCrumlin Hospital in the capital.A family source also spoke to the Irish Sun tohelp raise awareness of the need for a roll-outof the devices nationwide.She told us: “The cost relative to what couldhave happened, it is ridiculous that there is nodefibrillator in the school. It just doesn’t makesense why the Government wouldn’t insist on it.“I wouldn’t just be calling for schools to havedefibrillators, I think they need to go further.“Not just schools — sporting organisations,swimming pools . . .

“We are supportive of the story to highlightthe importance of CPR and defibrillators.”Some 5,000 lives are lost every year in Irelandto sudden cardiac arrest — that’s 13 per day.Defibrillation is described as the single mosteffective treatment for one of these incidentsand greatly increases the chances of survival.@gmeneely

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By ANDY CRICKAN address book thatmay have belonged toAdolf Hitler and listsnames and telephonenumbers of key hench-men is to be auctioned.Entries in the bookinclude SS chief HeinrichHimmler, propagandaminister Joseph Goebbels,Luftwaffe boss HermannGoering and Hitler’s dep-uty Rudolf Hess.The leather-bound bookcontains 200 names,including Hitler’s body-

guard and pilot. The“who’s who of evil” wasfound in a desk drawerin Berlin’s Reich Chan-cellery at the end ofWorld War Two.Capt John Hodge, whofound the directory, laterbecame part of the WarCrimes Investigation Unit.The directory is to beauctioned on Saturday byHenry Aldridge and Sonof Devizes, England, andhas been given a pre-saleestimate of €17,000.

Auctioneer AndrewAldridge said: “It really isa who’s who of evil. Youpick a bad guy and he isin there. “The only person miss-ing is Adolf Hitler. Wedon’t know for certainwho it belonged to.”

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A COMMUNITY garda admittedyesterday that he was guilty ofcorruption, theft and fraud offences.

John O’Halloran, 46, from Cork,pleaded guilty at the city’s circuitcriminal court to 11 sample chargesarising from his illegal activi-ties over a six-year period.

He pleaded guilty to threecounts of corruption, one ofmaking a gain by deceptionand seven counts of theft ondates between June 2009 andSeptember 2015.

He obtained cheques for€785.40, €1,994.56 and €949.24,which were all drawn fromthe UCC Students’ Unionaccount at AIB Bank, CollegeRoad, Cork. The corruption

OFFICIALS in Paris haveslammed ads for a datingwebsite linking studentswith rich men and women.

The RichmeetBeautifulwebsite has erectedbillboards encouragingstudents to get in touchwith “sugar daddies” and“sugar mamas”.

One minister said thatshe will look into whetherthe dating website, forpeople above 18, isencouraging prostitution.

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man’s Rolex Daytonawristwatch fetched arecord €15.2million at aNew York auction.

charges state that O’Halloran obtainedthe payments as a reward for hisservices as a garda while alreadyemployed and paid as a garda officer.

O’Halloran is based atBarrack Street Garda Stationin Cork and is still a servingofficer but his defence coun-sel Ronan Munro SC said hisclient accepted his position inthe force was now incompati-ble with his guilty pleas.

Judge Sean O Donnabhainremanded him on bail untilNovember 23 to allow forO’Halloran’s departure fromAn Garda Siochana.

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THE parents of a baby boyborn with half a heart —who will have to bring hisown defibrillator to school— have joined the IrishSun’s Show Some Heartcampaign, declaring:“This will save lives.”

Hypoplastic Right HeartSyndrome sufferer HarryMcCormack, one, has alreadyhad three open heart surgeries.

The brave Dublin boy’s parentsLeanne and Keith are now callingon the Government to put a defibril-lator in every school in the countryso kids can get an education withoutrisking their lives.

They want Harry to follow his fourbrothers — Jack, 12, Bobby, eight,Kian, six, and three-year-old George— to St Michael’s in Ballyfermot butare concerned because the schoolhas not got a defib machine.

Loving mum Leanne told the IrishSun: “There’s no defibrillator in ourschool. I know there is a child witha heart condition there now and hehas his own defibrillator but hismam had to fundraise to get that.

“Well done to her for doing thatbut I don’t think nowadays it shouldbe like that. Every school shouldhave their own defibrillator becausethey are so important.

“There is one in our community inthe Centra on the main road butCentra is a walk away and every sec-ond counts when something happens.

‘This will save a life. Every second counts’

“I think the Government shouldput a defibrillator in every school inthe country and I think all theteachers should be trained in how touse them. Not to have one teacherwho is designated to use it becausewhat if that teacher is out whensomething happens?

“This will save someone’s life. It’sso important. Every second countshere. These shouldn’t be just put into one school they should be all overthe country.”

Baby Harry went under the knifefor the first time at just nine weeksof age.

He spent his first Christmas onlife support in Crumlin Hospital,where he met Ireland footie heroesRobbie Keane and Stephen Hunt aswell as rugby ace Johnny Sexton.

Leanne and Keith first found outabout their son’s condition when theyhad an amniocentesis at 20 weeks —and the diagnosis rocked their lives.

The scan, which tests amnioticfluid using a large needle, showedlittle Harry had the extremely rareHRHS condition, which means oneside of his heart is underdeveloped.

Dad Keith told the Irish Sun: “Itshocked us. We had to wait 13 weeksfor answers because the first timethey didn’t get enough fluid.

“We knew something was wrongbut we didn’t know what.

“We have to mention our doctors —Orla Franklin, Damien Kenny andDr Jonathan McGuinness from OurLady’s Hospital in Crumlin. Theywere really fantastic.

“Dr McGuinness was actually shop-ping on Grafton Street on ChristmasEve when Harry took a turn and he

left his wife and son queuing up forSanty and came up to Harry.

“Harry was in on life support fornine weeks over the Christmas andjust nothing went right for him.

“All the doctors and nurses knowhim and they shouldn’t becausethey’re working with hundreds ofpeople a day . . .

“Harry has to take medicine everythree hours and Leanne is his maincarer. Leanne has been so strongwith it all.

“Throughout it all she pushed himand pushed him and constantlyworked with him. I couldn’t haveenough praise for her and what she

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Little Harryis only one, but alreadyhe’s endured 3 heart ops

has done because it was tough onher.” Brave Harry is crazy about allsorts of music — from Disney classicsto Finbar Furey.

He has just started eating foodthrough his mouth after spendingthe first few months of his life beingfed through a tube.

Doting dad Keith explained: “For along time he couldn’t eat.

“He was on this tube that fed himthrough his nose, but now he wantsto eat with us.

“Just the other day we were havingdinner and I put three little beans infront of him and boom they weregone. I put another five in front of

him and they were gone in a second.So it’s great that he’s eating whatthe lads eat now.

“When he was born we did a lotof music therapy with him. He wasmad into Beauty and the Beast.

“We were just in Paris last weekand the songs were coming on andhe loved it.

“We used to play Finbar Furey’sLonesome Boatman as well.

“I was at a Finbar concert a whileago and I showed a video of Harryreacting to the song to Finbar andthen he came and met him in thehospital.” Keith decided to join theIrish Sun’s Show Some Heartcampaign after reading another case

study in our newspaper and becom-ing concerned for his son’s future.

He said: “I was reading the IrishSun’s stories about trying to get defi-brillators into schools and I thought,‘Jesus, two years down the line I’mgoing to be trying to get Harry intoschool and might need one ifanything happens. Harry will need adefib in his classroom because hecould take a turn at any time.

“I spoke to the teachers about itand the local St John’s Ambulancelads and they think there should bedefibrillators too.

“They are going around trainingeveryone in local businesses in CPR.”

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BLACK WidowCatherine Nevinwas just “skin andbone” when shedied in a hospice,pals have revealed.

The 67-year-old losther cancer battle onMonday night aftershe was first diag-nosed with the diseasein October 2016.

The murderer — whohired a hitman to killhusband Tom at JackWhite’s pub in 1996 —died in a nursing homein south Dublin.

Friends said she spenther last days cryingduring visits by a smallgroup of loved ones.

Tom’s sister MaryGlennon said: “Rest inpeace, that’s all I’d say.”

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A BILL to put a defibrillator in everyschool arrived in the Dail yesterday —thanks to our Show Some Heart campaign.

TD Noel Rock, left, tabled it, stating:“It’s difficult to say what price youcan put on the cost of losing a life.”

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By KIERAN DINEEN Public Affairs Correspondent

A BILL designed toensure all schools geta defibrillator has beenintroduced in the Dail— thanks to an IrishSun campaign.

Our Show Some Heartcrusade led Fine Gael TDNoel Rock to draft theimportant legislation.

And in the Seanad therewere calls for the Governmentto row in behind his planafter politicians from acrossthe political divide supportedour life-saving call.

Introducing the bill, DublinNorth West deputy Rock saidyesterday: “It’s €1,200 perdefibrillator with 3,900 schoolseligible, which brings the totalcost to €4.7million.

“However if we were to buythem in bulk these costswould actually come downsignificantly.

“And it is difficult to saywhat price you can put on thecost of losing a life — 5,000people die of sudden cardiacarrest every year.

“This is a very worthy pieceof legislation. I have to notethe campaign being run inthe Irish Sun on this matterand the support they havegarnered right across the pol-itical spectrum.

“Sinn Fein have backed thisbill, Micheal Martin asleader of Fianna Fail hasbacked this bill.

“Indeed Ministers (Kath-erine) Zappone, (Simon)Harris, (Michael) Ring,(Finian) McGrath and

(Richard) Bruton have allbacked this bill in some formor another through the IrishSun’s campaign.

“I believe it is an issue ofcommonality right through theHouse. So I would like torecommend this bill to theHouse and I will be taking itup with the minister in duecourse.”

His bill was not opposedand now makes its way to thesecond stage, where it will befurther debated.

Our Show Some Heartcampaign was launched afterprincipal Tim O Tuachaighsaved a nine-year-old pupil’slife when he collapsed in theschool playground in cardiacarrest because a GAA clubnext door had a defibrillator.

Heroic Tim performed CPRon Sean Kelly at GaelscoilRos Eo, in Rush, Co Dublin,as the device was rushed tothe scene.

Since then more than 1,000readers have signed ourpetition which we yesterdaybrought to the Dail.

And last month, 30 TDs andsenators attended a ShowSome Heart presentationinside the Dail, with manyspeaking of the importance of

our drive. Yesterday, Fine Gael

senator Neale Rich-

mond added to Rock’s calls inthe Upper House after the billwas introduced.

He said: “I would like to seea debate, be it with the Min-ister for Health or Ministerfor Education, in relation tothe campaign to have defibril-lators placed in every schoolthrough the country.

“In my own village of Ste-paside, we have a defibrillatoron an outside wall betweenthe pharmacy and the GP. Ithas been used three times tosave lives in the last yearsince it was put in.

“The more you have defi-brillators available the morelives that can be saved. Ithink this is a key issue thatwe in the Seanad can lead onand I ask for a debate.”

If passed, this new law will“require the managementboards of schools to installand maintain defibrillators sothat they are available forpublic use” — in a similarfashion to the rules aroundfirst aid kits, for example.

It would also require theschool officials to providetraining and be responsiblefor their maintenance. TheHealth and Safety Authoritywould be charged with ensur-ing they comply with the law.

Under the proposals, thedefibs “must be easily accessi-ble and be available for useby members of the public” sothe wider community wouldbenefit as well.

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