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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 ...

10 Apr 2022 at 11:33

National News

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

07 Apr 2022 at 12:33

Northern Ireland

Belfast boy Daithi Mac Gabhann passes 2,000 days on waiting list for new heart

A Belfast boy who inspired a campaign to change organ donation laws in Northern Ireland has passed the milestone of 2,000 days on a transplant waiting list. Seven-year-old Daithi Mac Gabhann is battling hypoplastic left heart syndrome and ...

22 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Donegal Life

'Mummy is waiting for a sparkly heart' Cliona Marley

Lying in a bed in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, Clíona Marley wondered how to explain to her eldest child that she wouldn't be home for a while. The mother-of-three was hoping and waiting for a heart transplant and four-year-old Féile was ...

22 Apr 2022 at 19:33

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 - ...

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 ...

12 Jun 2024 at 18:35

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 ...

07 Apr 2022 at 10:33

Vision scientists revive light-sensing cells in organ donor eyes

Scientists have been able to wake up light-sensing cells in organ donor eyes, a discovery which could help to develop treatments to improve vision. The researchers were also able to make the cells talk to each other the ...

11 May 2022 at 17:55

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

27 May 2023 at 07:33

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