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Bone marrow transplant patient Jessica Heffernan, Professor Sean McCann, who performed Ireland's first bone marrow transplant, and Mairead O'Mahony, who underwent surgery at the age of 17. Photo: Fionnan O’Connell …

A Fixers project led by Lucia Mee: http://www.fixers.org.uk/news/14768-11208/organ-donation.php Lucia, 17, from Ballycastle, has …

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The Irish Kidney Association said it hoped new legislation would come into force to allow people who do not want to donate their organs to opt out. This year, the …

These six incredible people were close to death before transplantation saved their lives. Now, they’re sharing their story of …

Between 2017 and 2018, a record number of people in the UK (1,575 in total) donated their organs after death and more than 5,000 life-saving or life-improving transplants took place. …

Michelle Whitstone with her kidney transplant recipient daughter Allie from Green Hills. Photo: Conor McCabe The Greenhills girl was one of several organ donors who visited Leinster House last week …

A 58-year-old Dublin man who holds the record for being the oldest person to receive a heart transplant in Ireland has paid a moving tribute to his donor's family's life-saving …

The mother of a two-year-old girl whose organs were donated posthumously said she “continues to live on with the four lives she saved” and appealed to people to support organ …