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Amy Brady, who was born with a heart defect, is a patient at the Royal Belfast Children's Hospital. The 10-year-old girl, from Magherafelt, has already undergone three operations. She has …

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Gavin Coyne's parents Maria and Thomas hold a picture of their son at their Clare Hall home, photographed by Steve Humphreys. The father of a Dublin boy who died while …

The families of five children waiting for a heart transplant have come together to urge others to consider donating their organs. Since the pandemic, the number of available organs has …

By Marie Louise Connolly BBC News Northern Ireland Health Correspondent October 10, 2019 Image caption, Amy had been in hospital since January. An 11-year-old girl has died after spending nine …

Today, 600 people have put their lives on hold waiting for that one phone call. For this group and their families, social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands were part …

Billy Burke and his mother Eileen. It's been almost two months since 5,000 people took to the streets of Killorglin to support Billy Burke, but the 29-year-old cystic fibrosis patient …

Following a tragic bereavement, the Laois family are calling on the public to remember the gift of organ donation in their darkest moments. Sarah McEvoy, from Killeshin, bravely spoke out …

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 …

Daiti Mak Govan appealed for organ donation and has been on the heart transplant waiting list for 1,900 days. The 6-year-old was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which means …