Tipperary woman to represent Ireland at World Transplant Games in Australia

Tipperary will be represented at the World Transplant Games as Nenagh's Sheila Gregan is set to travel down under to Australia to compete this year.

Gregan, a kidney transplant recipient from Nenagh, will participate as part of the 14 strong Transplant Team Ireland, including bone marrow, liver and kidney transplant recipients) at the World Transplant Games in Perth next month. 

She and other members of Transplant Team Ireland attended a team gathering in Dublin yesterday to receive their team kit and for an inspirational talk by former Olympian triathlete Gavin Noble.

Ranging in age from 36 right up to 75, the current Transplant Team Ireland panel of ten inspirational men and four women travelling to Perth have all received organ transplants including two liver, two bone marrow, and ten kidney.

They will be among over 1,200 participants from over 50 countries, all embracing their gift of life and honoring their donors in this celebration of life through sport.