From left, Mary Good (Managing Director of Advanced Medical Services), Jimmy Nodwell, Harry McCue (IPFBA chairperson), Pat Byrne, Ed Donovan (CEO Advanced Medical Services) and Fergus McDaidFormer Irish footballers to receive health screening in AthloneOver 100 retired footballers will undergo health screening in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel, Athlone as part of a combined Irish Professional Footballers Benevolent Association (IPFBA) and leading healthcare company Advanced Medical Services (AMS) initiative. The health screening takes place on four dates this month in the family run hotel, today (Thursday, January 8), Friday, January 9, Thursday, January 15 and Friday, January 16. Now, this new joint-venture will see retired Irish footballers of all ages undergo the tests with the IPFBA covering the entire budget of the four days. Advanced Medical Services’ medical director, Dr Alan Byrne, who is also active in a voluntary capacity with the IPFBA, stresses the huge benefits of the scheme’s roll-out. “As part of this preventive health screening initiative we will ask the members to complete a lifestyle and mental health questionnaire along with blood pressure and BMI measurement.

Source: Irish Independent January 08, 2026 15:42 UTC