Centre gets new lease of life

THE Lord Mayor of Dublin, Brendan Carr, officially reopened the Sport and Fitness Markievicz Leisure Centre on Townsend Street last week on Valentine’s Day.

The Lord Mayor congratulated staff at the centre for organising the opening day and thaked them for encouraging people to look after their health and fitness by using the many facilities that are available in the centre.

“I know lots of people make New Year’s resolutions to take out gym membership, but I hope by sampling the facilities on offer here people will be encouraged to keep up their membership and continue to look after their physical and mental wellbeing.”

Special events took place during the day for Irish Heart as participants were invited to ‘Swim the Eiffel Tower’ to raise much needed funds for the charity.

There were also special membership offers available on the day and spot prizes given to the lucky winners of the various events and challenges.

Eoin Treanor, Dublin Regional Fundraising Manager for Irish Heart, said: “Every hour someone in Ireland suffers from a stroke.

“Every day hundreds of Irish people are diagnosed with heart disease. Heart disease and stroke is Ireland’s number one killer and it shouldn’t be this way.”

“Our core mission is to help Irish people to live life better. The money raised by the members of the centre will help fund vital research into heart disease and stroke in Ireland.”