The Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) is a charity founded in 1966 based in Dublin.
It runs support groups for patients who have had heart problems or strokes and campaigns on public health issues which affect the risk of heart disease and stroke.
[1] In 1992, the IHF and the Irish Cancer Society co-founded ASH Ireland to promote smoking cessation.
[3] It runs campaigns to increase awareness of atrial fibrillation[4] and a "Chairs Can Kill" campaign to raise awareness of the risks to heart health of sitting for long periods of time.
[5] It urges the government to adopt policies which will improve health, such as banning advertising of junk food to children[6] and attacks unhealthy food adverts in its ‘Stop Targeting Kids’ campaign.