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Organ donor campaign urges Irish public to 'share your wishes' with family

A campaign encouraging the public to know their family's wishes in regards to organ donation has been launched ahead of a week of awareness. Organ donor families and grateful transplant recipients across Ireland are backing the campaign, which takes ...

07 Apr 2022 at 12:33

Local News

Limerick man to have special guest at his wedding - his organ donating uncle

ASIDE from the happy couple there will be another VIP at a wedding this summer - the man who donated a kidney to the groom. Brian Sheehy, aged 33, from Athea, will marry his bride-to-be Sarah Reidy in west Limerick later this year - they are ...

30 Apr 2022 at 22:33

World

‘He was giving one more gift’: Man, 98, believed to be oldest US organ donor

A 98-year-old man may be the oldest American to ever donate an organ, according to transplant organisations. Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died he had one last thing to give: his liver. Mr Allen was a veteran of the ...

12 Jun 2024 at 18:35

Parents of baby on heart transplant waiting list make desperate plea for donor

The parents of a six-month-old baby girl who is on the urgent heart transplant waiting list have made a desperate plea for a donation. Rory Fletcher has been in hospital since the day she was born as she suffers from dilated cardiomyopathy ...

22 Sept 2025 at 07:27

Local News

Two Waterford transplant recipients feature on organ donation campaign poster

Two Waterford transplant recipients are featured on a campaign poster for organ donor awareness week. Kidney and liver recipient, Lexi Murphy, and heart recipient, Pranathi O'Donovan, are among 32 people across Ireland who have received ...

07 Apr 2022 at 10:33

Longest-surviving heart transplant patient breaks world record

The longest-surviving heart transplant patient, who underwent his operation in England, has been recognised by Guinness World Records. Bert Janssen, 57, from the Netherlands, has survived 39 years with the donor heart he received at ...

08 Feb 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Public health minister urges Scots to register organ donor status

Scots are being urged to make their decision on organ and tissue donation known as new statistics have been revealed. With Organ and Tissue Donation Week under way, anyone who has not explicitly said whether or not they wish to ...

18 Sept 2023 at 00:01

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Mohill transplant recipient helps stage national Service to honour organ donors

More than 1,200 people from all over Ireland converged in the Midlands town of Mullingar for the Irish Kidney Association 38th Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving on October 14 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. ...

17 Oct 2023 at 14:33

Longfordleader

Longford man puts out call for the gift of life

The reasons behind the need for organ transplants are as multiple as the number of people seeking them. At any one time, around 500 people are awaiting a transplant. There were 250 transplants performed last year, so the ...

27 May 2023 at 07:33

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Leitrim woman appears on new Organ Donor poster

A Leitrim woman has been included in the new campaign and poster to promote the upcoming campaign for Organ Donor Awareness Week (23-30 April). 42 grateful organ transplant recipients from all over Ireland (all who have ...

21 Apr 2022 at 15:33

Hand transplant recipient hugs donor’s sister in emotional first meeting

A double hand transplant recipient hugged and held hands with the twin sister of her donor when she met her for the first time. “I’ll shake your hand because I can,” said Corinne Hutton when she met Deborah Gosling, ...

02 Apr 2025 at 12:37

Woman becomes longest survivor of heart and lung transplant

The UK’s longest-surviving heart and lung transplant recipient has described how she was given the “gift of a normal life”. Katie Mitchell had a combined heart and lung transplant 38 years ago. The 53-year-old from ...

14 Oct 2025 at 07:04

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