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'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 asking every ...

22 Apr 2022 at 19:28

Covid-19 impact on organ transplant rates revealed as Donor Awareness Week is launched

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Fall in organ transplant rates revealed as Donor Awareness Week is launched

There are around 600 people on waiting lists for organ transplants including heart, lung, liver, kidney, and pancreas at any one time, as the number of transplants reduce due to challenges presented by Covid-19. This fall has been seen over the ...

19 Apr 2022 at 16:43

National News

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 ...

06 Apr 2022 at 17:40

National News

'Leave no doubt' - Donnelly urges Irish people to discuss organ donation with loved ones

The Minister for Health is urging people across Ireland to discuss organ donation with loved ones. The call comes ahead of Organ Donor Awareness Week, which is organised by the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) in association with the HSE’s ...

16 May 2023 at 15:58

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President Higgins addresses the Irish Kidney Association Annual Service of Remembrance & Thanksgiving

President Higgins joined people from all walks of life and beliefs in honouring organ donors, at the Irish Kidney Association's 35th Annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving, today, Sunday 15 November. President Higgins is Patron ...

15 Nov 2020 at 17:00

Local News

Donegal kidney transplant recipient gives her backing to Organ Donor Awareness Week

A number of Donegal buildings are to light up in green for Organ Donor Awareness Week. The Irish Kidney Association confirmed that six public buildings in Donegal will be lit up from 27th March - 3rd April. The buildings being lit up ...

26 Mar 2021 at 10:58

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Donegal woman tells of her delight at making life changing organ donation to her dad

With Organ Donor Awareness Week taking place from today, March 31st until April 7th a Donegal nurse who donated a kidney to her dad says she feels privileged to have been able to donate to him. Taking care of kidney patients was ...

31 Mar 2018 at 01:45

Local News

Donegal to light up green for Organ Donor Awareness Week

The Irish Kidney Association (IKA) looks forward to celebrating the annual Organ Donor Awareness Week 2021. To mark the event, many public sites around the country will light up in green from Saturday, March 27, until Saturday, ...

23 Mar 2021 at 09:00

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The importance of organ donation for one Donegal family

Six members of a Letterkenny family of 18 siblings have undergone kidney transplants, two of them within weeks of each other in recent months. At least three more of their siblings expect to be on dialysis in the future, and ...

01 Apr 2017 at 19:11

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