Kildare resident who received kidney transplant helps launch Organ Donor Awareness Week

A Kildare resident who received a kidney transplant in 2019, has helped raise launch Organ Donor Awareness Week. 

Susan Mulligan, who is a native of Castlerea, Co Roscommon, is now living in Kilcock.

An Post is supporting Organ Donor Awareness Week 2023 (20-27 May) with 350 of its  busiest post offices displaying stocks of organ donor cards and 295 of its top outlets also displaying the campaign poster with the message 'Don't Leave Your Loved Ones in Doubt' on it's digital advertising screens. 

Pictured at the announcement of An Post support at St. Andrew's Street Post Office in Dublin 2 were: Carol Moore, Chief Executive of the Irish Kidney Association, Michael Cooper, from Ratoath, Co Meath, who is both a bone marrow transplant recipient (thanks to his donor brother) and a double lung transplant recipient; Susan Mulligan, Conor Nott, Retail Marketing Manager, An Post and Lucy Murray, CX & Marketing Director, An Post Retail.

For more information on the campaign visit www.ika.ie/donorweek 

Picture: Conor McCabe Photography.