Beating Hearts - Wicklow

As you all know the concept of residential defibrillators being available closer to homes, is really resonating with people. Spread the news about Beating Hearts Wicklow and that Greystones has now followed Wicklows lead so that other towns across Ireland are inspired to do the same. In Wicklow there are over 21 residential estates with their own defibrillators. Every residential community should do this to ensure they have ESSENTIAL Emergency Defibrillators within 3 mins of home. Why? Over 72% of all cardiac arrests that occur outside of hospitals happen in the home! Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, of any age, even babies and children. Protect yourselves and your loved ones - install a Defibrillator in your communities. A cardiac arrest is a devastating, catastrophic event s and a Defibrillator could be the difference in surviving and saving a life. Please share.

Proud to be giving back to the Ashford community 💛 Today we installed a new AED defibrillator a vital resource that could save lives. In an emergency: 📞 Call 999 or 112 📍 Provide the Eircode: [on the box ] 🗣️ Follow the instructions from emergency services Thank you to everyone in Ashford for the warm welcome since I arrived. This is just a small way of showing my gratitude to a community that’s already shown me so much kindness.

Good news, Beating Hearts keep making progress and new residential defibs being allocated to 10 new estates in Wicklow within the next two weeks, confirmed by Cllrs Paul O'Brien Graham Richmond who continue to work with Beating Hearts to keep bringing more on stream. Beating Hearts are also following up on the motion which was submitted to the Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien over 4 years ago, and which was raised in Seanad Eireann by Senator Mark Wall and which was sent to the Dail which seeks to bring in an obligation for all property developers to install defib devices in all new housing developments throughout Ireland. This is frustratingly slow, so we request your help and support - contact your local representatives and request that they work to bring this motion into reality. Having a defib in every housing estate will ensure that life saving equipment is close by where YOU live in the event that someone you love or you yourself have a catastrophic cardiac arrest and may save a life - giving someone a second chance at life. 72% of all out of hospital cardiac arrests happen in the home! Write and contact your local representatives to help support the roll out of residential defibrillators. It's more urgent than you may realise.

Delighted to be able to present a new defibrillator to Ashford first responders this morning with my colleagues Cllrs Shane Langrell & Graham Richmond. We were also joined by Myrtle & Chris from Beating Hearts, who continue to be the main drivers in advocating for defibs in housing estates & beyond.

Great credit to the First Responders as well who are all volunteers & do tremendous life-saving work. Finally, my thanks to the Municipal District for arranging the new batch of defibs, which we will be distributing to housing estates in the coming weeks. ❤️

Hello everyone. We have some very good news. Broomhall Developments have installed a Defibrillator for residents of Waverley and adjoining estates. It is located on the creche wall and it has already been registered with the NAS. (National Ambulance Service). A letter has been sent to all residents by Broomhall Estates management informing them that anyone who would like to register their interest in receiving training to call the number given on the letter. Please do call so that Beating Hearts can set this up for you. Work by Beating Hearts with developers is ongoing. We have another developer in West Wicklow who has installed a solar defibrillator and will update you shortly.
We are still waiting for an update on the defibrillators promised for 2024 by WCC and understand that Cllr Paul O'Brien is due to make an announcement on this any day now. maybe you could update everyone.

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2025/0215/1496825-community-first-responders/

'Chain of survival' - 20 years of CFR groups in Ireland Twenty years after the idea was first mooted in a Co Wicklow village, Ireland's network of community first responders is now made up of 4,000 volunteers in more than 300 groups nationwide.