Ten lives have been saved at Croke Park over the last two years since the stadium was equipped with a defibrillator, it has been revealed. GAA director general Liam Mulvihill was speaking at the launch yesterday of the Cormac Trust, a fundraising body set up by the family of Tyrone footballer Cormac McAnallen. Mr McAnallen [...]

Top medics have revealed that it will cost €8,500 (£6,000 sterling) for a county GAA squad to undergo cardiac screening. The figure was revealed at a seminar organised by the Ulster Council, examining Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome (SCD). Guest speaker, Dr Matthew Wilson, the Screening Manager for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), told 35 [...]

Sporting personalities from the world of GAA, rugby and soccer helped launch fundraising for The Cormac Trust in the Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast, yesterday.

Tentative suggestions to build a remembrance garden in honour of Cormac McAnallen and Paul McGirr at the entrance to Omagh St Enda’s ground are still a long way from coming to fruition it was revealed this week. In a letter to the UlsterHerald, Omagh St Enda’s clubman and joint-treasurer, Liam McGrath, had offered the opinion [...]

Spirited young man was ‘a great lad’ CORMAC McAnallen’s grieving mother this week spoke poignantly about the son every mother would wish for. Speaking from their home at Eglish, Cormac’s family paid tribute to the bright young star whose life was cut short by a rare viral infection. Thousands of mourners are expected to line [...]

Local mothers who lost their healthy young sons because of heart problems, have called for immediate enquiries into the increase in the number of sudden deaths. Tyrone star, Cormac McAnallen’s mother Bridget has called for a full investigation by medical authorities into sudden cardiac deaths involving fit young players. And a Castlederg mother, whose 19-year-old [...]

Cormac is gone but not forgotten NORMAL life came to standstill as famous faces from the sporting world stood side by side with the small rural community of Eglish to recall the life of Cormac McAnallen. Around 8,000 people converged on the village on Friday morning for the funeral of the 24-year-old who died last [...]

STAFF and pupils at St Catherine’s College, where the late Cormac McAnallen taught, have this week paid tribute to a collegaue, friend and mentor. “The Board of Governors, Principal, staff and pupils of Saint Catherine’s College deeply regret the sudden death of their colleague, teacher and friend Cormac. “Cormac joined the staff in August 2002 [...]