Limerick politicians pledge to help secure more government funding for Irish Heart Foundation

Willie O'Dea signed the pledge to help secure more government funding for the Irish Heart Foundation.

A NUMBER of local Limerick politicians have signed a pledge to join the โ€œfight to help secure extra government fundingโ€ for the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF).

So says IHF campaigner and heart patient Pauline Oโ€™Shea, from Ardnacrusha, who invited the local representatives to sign the petition at a recent IHF event held in the Buswells Hotel in Dublin.

The pledge came on foot of the foundationโ€™s call for greater funding, with Pauline saying the charity currently receives just 8.6 per cent of its total funding from the government.

It was signed by Limerick TDs Willie Oโ€™Dea and Maurice Quinlivan and Senator Maria Byrne.

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