Francis Hogan is undergoing kidney dialysis and waiting for a kidney transplant
The father of five who are on dialysis every night and await a life-saving kidney transplant, says changes to organ donation laws have given hundreds of people like him new hope.
Francis Hogan, 48, from Templemore, Co Tipperary, suffered from hereditary polycystic kidney disease and has been on the waiting list for a transplant for over a year.