'She was dead'- Man performs CPR outside Tesco in Dublin and brings woman back to life

Liveline host Kieran Cuddihy was chatting to a real-life hero on Liveline recently who saved a woman's life when she dropped outside a Tesco in North Dublin.

Martin Brennan was in Tesco in Clarehall shopping centre in Dublin on Saturday January 30th at around 3pm when he came across a woman in her 60s who was very close to dead.

"I noticed a group of people standing around a lady who was on the ground.....I noticed the lady was purple in colour I immediately checked for a pulse which she didn't have....she was dead...so I immediately started CPR," Martin said on Liveline.

"I continued CPR for a couple of minutes....eventually the ladies eyes opened and she started breathing and the colour immediately rushed back into her entire body which was amazing," Martin said.

In the meantime, the shopping centre security guards went off looking for a defibrillator but thankfully, Martin said he didn't have to use it.

"It was an amazing feeling for me when her eyes opened and the colour just shot back into her body...I did three lots of thirty and on the third lot her eyes opened...I was a bit panicked but I thought it was amazing...she was breathing and I kept my hand on her pulse and she had a really strong pulse".

Martin said that at one point he thought he wasn't going to be able to save her.

"I just stayed with her then holding her hand trying to comfort her until the fire crew came...I handed her over to them but unfortunately I never got her name or any kind of details".

Martin would like to hear from the woman or her family to hear if she survived the frightening experience.

"I would just like to know if she's ok....if she survived," Martin said.

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Martin did a CPR training course three or four years ago when he worked in Malahide parish centre which thankfully was how he managed to successfully save the woman.

"Anyone can do CPR...everybody should do a training course in it because it's so simple...it's probably just having the confidence to do it at the time".

Martin said that CPR should be taught around schools in Ireland, "especially primary schools because something could happen....a parent could drop in the house...mother, father, brother or sister and being able to do CPR could keep the person alive even until the paramedics come".

If you know any information on the incident that occurred in Clarehall Tesco at 3pm on January 30th, you are being asked to contact Liveline on 51551 or email liveline@rte.ie.