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Laís Basílio, 23, raised more than €5,000 through fundraisers over the summer. Lais Basilio, 23, was diagnosed with cancer at the end of last year and learned he desperately needed …

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 …

Cheryl Melker underwent the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant on October 22nd at New York University Langone Health Center in Manhattan. Meaker, a doctor, had been suffering from …

Born four minutes apart in the same maternity hospital, the two women's 50-year friendship was cemented when one woman donated a kidney to save the lives of a sick friend …

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 …

Caroline Dempsey, Wexford Mayor Councillor Ger Carthy, Beau Whelan Slattery and her mother Ciara Whelan took part in a fundraiser at Caroline's home in support of the Irish Heart Foundation. …

“Every day I look at my two children I think of their donors. Without them I wouldn't be here.” Those are the words of miracle mother Deirdre Roche-Doherty, who is …

The longest surviving single lung transplant recipient, a 77-year-old woman from Sligo, has been honoured as she reaches the 30-year milestone. Vera Dwyer, from Keish, was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary …

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 …

Two women from opposite sides of the country came together to celebrate their incredible connection as the nation's longest functioning transplant recipients. Bernie Glynn, from Ballylee, between Peterswell and Gort, …