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Maircil Houlihan underwent a bone marrow transplant at St James's Hospital in 1989. Photo: Paul Sharp A Dublin woman who was one of the first patients to receive a stem …

An event to mark the pioneering first bone marrow transplant in Ireland was held at St James's Hospital in Dublin. Patients who underwent transplant procedures in the early days of …

An Irish family shares their experience of organ transplantation, with six members of the family having received kidney transplants over the years. Four years ago Emma O'Connor gave the gift …

This means that only 190 patients received the gift of life in 2020, even though transplants rose again last year to 206. Intensive care specialist Dr Catherine Motherway, HSE clinical …