{"id":481925,"date":"2026-06-04T02:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481925\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T02:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:29:16","slug":"free-heart-checks-coming-to-limerick-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481925\/","title":{"rendered":"Free heart checks coming to Limerick City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/live95-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Live95 News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a202a614e800.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Via Irish Heart Foundation <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The Irish Heart Foundation is bringing its mobile unit to Limerick next week.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Limerick residents are being urged to take control of their cardiovascular health next week as the Irish Heart Foundation\u2019s Mobile Health Unit prepares to roll into the city to offer free medical checks.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, June 10th, the specialised unit will be parked at Our Lady of Lourdes Community Centre from 10 am to 3:45 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of a nationwide drive to bring critical, free heart health checks directly into local communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public are invited to drop in to have their blood pressure and pulse checked by medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/680b8ad730a65.jpg\" style=\"width: 542px; height: 361.297px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The primary goal of the visit is the early detection of hypertension (high blood pressure).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Often referred to as a silent killer due to its lack of noticeable symptoms, hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Heart Foundation\u2019s Mobile Health Unit performs up to 10,000 free blood pressure checks annually across the country, routinely identifying individuals who are completely unaware that their heart health is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the physical checks, expert nurses will be on hand inside the unit to offer lifestyle advice, important information and screening for atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The service is entirely free of charge, confidential, and requires no booking.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=49bb71e2-4823-448e-b0e8-311158962de3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f76f434.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Live95 News Via Irish Heart Foundation The Irish Heart Foundation is bringing its mobile unit to Limerick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,608,611,607,610,609,612],"class_list":["post-481925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-radio","tag-limerick-today","tag-limericks-live95fm","tag-live-95","tag-live95fm","tag-live95fm-homepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}