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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 …

Mater Misericordier University Hospital is celebrating 38 years since the surgery on the country's longest-living heart transplant patient. Andy Kavanagh was just 19 years old when he underwent surgery in …

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 …

The High School Outreach Initiative (HSOI) is approaching its 10-year anniversary, taking place in April 2022. We will be …

Since 1984, more than 3,750 transplant surgeries have been performed at St. James. Ireland's first bone marrow transplant is being remembered, 40 years after the life-saving operation was first performed …

The woman who received Ireland's first bone marrow transplant has said that the transplant not only saved her life but now gives her a better quality of life. Mairsil Houlihan, …

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 …

The two meet again after 20 years – an amazing transplant surgeon and a grateful young patient with whom we set a world record that still stands today. When Professor …

For two decades, Amy Gilchrist wondered about her biological children. For reasons she can’t explain, she suspected twins were …