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Organ donor families and transplant recipients gathered in Dublin today for their annual memorial and thanksgiving service. Hundreds of people attended the event, held at the Church of the Holy …

Publication date: September 23, 2024 Health Secretary Mike Nesbitt has welcomed the growing support for organ donation in Northern Ireland as the annual UK Organ Donation Week begins (23-29 September). …

A Belfast woman who received a life-saving transplant has urged people to consider adding the 'gift of life' to their Christmas lists and talk to their loved ones about their …

SPEAK NOW, a new Irish short written and directed by Dermot Malone and produced by Banjoman and Elk Films, has been released online. The film, which sees Conal Keating come …

Introduction An organ transplant represents an opportunity for a new life for people with end-stage organ failure. Worldwide, 5-year survival rates are greater than 70% for all organs transplanted and …

This #OrganDonationWeek, we encourage you to find out more about the life-saving effects your decisions to join the donor …

Last year, 282 organ donations were made in Ireland through the selflessness of 95 deceased and 30 living donors and their families. Dr Catherine Motherway, who led the University of …

More than half of Northern Ireland's population chooses to become a donor and records their wishes by signing the NHS Organ Donor Register. A total of 1,053,541 people have registered …

There have been 263 organ transplants in Ireland this year thanks to organ donors, and one Cork man who benefited from a double transplant described the donation as an “incredible …