Ireland

Northern Ireland sports legend George Best has been told he needs a liver transplant after doctors determined his liver was only functioning at 20 per cent. The former Manchester United …

The British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland (BHF NI) and the Donate4Dáithí campaign have urged Stormont Health Board not to lose momentum on plans to reform …

Rebecca McGeer and Jane McCormack BBC News NI February 10, 2023 To play this content please enable JavaScript or try a different browser. Video captions, Robin Swann says Dyce's Law …

March 2, 2022 Image caption, Leonid and Serhiy Shapoval fled Ukraine with their families. A five-year-old boy with leukaemia who fled Ukraine is undergoing medical tests in the Republic of …

Gareth Gordon BBC News Northern Ireland Political Correspondent September 20, 2021 Image source, NHS Blood and Transplant Image caption, Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK without a …

We have warned, together with the Donate4Dáithí campaign, that unless urgent action is taken, the opportunity to introduce a soft opt-out organ donation bill in …

On Monday 20 September, Health Minister Robin Swann opened the debate for Second Reading of the Organ and Tissue (Deemed Consent) Bill at Stormont. The session ended with Parliament passing …

Ireland's longest surviving heart transplant survivor has said he would not have survived without the sacrifices of his grieving family. Andy Kavanagh underwent surgery Dublin In 1986, when he was …

Two Wexford natives, Paul Brown and Lar Brennan, will represent Ireland in this week's British Transplant Game. It's rare in the world of sport that you can truly say a …

January 13, 2021 Image caption, The chief medical officer said pressures on the health service had “had to make difficult decisions”. As a result of COVID-19, organs from deceased donors …