Scholboy dies during GAA game

[Harry]

Schoolboy dies during Gaelic game

A 10-year-old schoolboy has died at a Gaelic football training session in County Tyrone.
Patrick Breen, from Dregish, was taking part in a training game in Drumquin on Tuesday evening when he fell to the ground.

Emergency aid was given to the child but he was declared dead at the Erne Hospital a short time later.

Patrick was the second youngest of six children and played for the Michael Cusacks under-13 team.

Drumquin youth officer Noel Donnelly said everything possible was done to try to save the boy.

He said a defibrillator was used and a doctor was present.

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out on Thursday.

[Harry]

RIP wee man

[Wasp]

How very sad, my prayers are with the family and family circle.

[Blue Angel]

'Disbelief' as another boy dies

Patrick Breen played for the Michael Cusacks under-13 team
A second young boy has died while playing sport in County Tyrone. The latest death came as Patrick Breen, 10, was being buried in Drumquin.
It was the fourth death in Ireland in similar circumstances this week, two in Tyrone and two in County Westmeath.

Patrick Devlin, 13, from Ardboe, collapsed during a Gaelic football training session on Saturday morning.

A defibrillator was used at the scene to try to revive him but he was later declared dead at Craigavon Hospital.

Patrick Breen from Dregish near Drumquin died during a GAA training session on Tuesday.

Ulster GAA secretary Danny Murphy said there was "a feeling of disbelief that a second young person had died".

"It is truly tragic for the families, the club people and the young people who were present on both occasions," he said.

"It is really hard to comprehend that young people in their early formative years can die so suddenly."

Colours

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Patrick Breen who suffered from a heart defect.

His coffin was carried into the church covered in red and white flowers, the colours of the County Tyrone team.

GAA members and team-mates who were with him when he died formed a guard of honour.

The parish priest said GAA "was Patrick's love" and he had hoped one day to play for his county.

He said no-one could have foreseen what happened.

The priest said what his team-mates had gone through on Tuesday was traumatic but they should keep playing Gaelic football because that was what Patrick would have wanted.

[Wasp]

How very very sad, I couldn't nbelieve it when I heard another wee lad had died. Again my prayers and thoughts are with the families etc.

[Harry]

Echo WASPS comments. RIP

[Republic]

The sooner the better too. I have an irregular heart beat and I play a lot of sport so it scares the shit outta me when I hear stories like this

[Republic]

setanta said:

Republic, I wouldn't leave my bedroom never mind play sports after this week! Until I get screened and they tell me it's OK or something. If we, in 21st Centuary Ireland are to accept this as normal then there's somehting seriously wrong. We can vacinate everybody with MMR etc, because it's necessary and now in the light of this week especially, the heart screening has been shown to be necessary.

I was at a cardiologist and he gave me the all clear, said it was electrical impulses in my heart or something like that.
But I'm gonna get a second opinion because he wasn't very reassuring.

I read in one of the papers todays that even if screening was introduced, it wouldnt be effective and would be unable to detect some conditions.

But I still think it should be brought in, even if it only saves one person its worth it.