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Organ donor campaign urges Irish public to 'share your wishes' with family

A campaign encouraging the public to know their family's wishes in regards to organ donation has been launched ahead of a week of awareness. Organ donor families and grateful transplant recipients across Ireland are backing the campaign, which takes ...

10 Apr 2022 at 11:00

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Organ donations from deceased patients in decline

The percentage of deceased patients becoming organ donors has fallen, according to the latest annual report, regarding 2021, from the National ICU Audit. In that year, 103 patients were diagnosed with brain death, with only 50 of those deceased ...

08 Nov 2023 at 10:28

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250 organ transplants carried out in Ireland in 2022

Some 250 organ transplants took place in Ireland in 2022. The figure includes kidney transplants from 33 living donors. Across the three national transplant centres, 163 kidney, 10 heart, 18 lung, 51 liver and 8 pancreas transplants were ...

29 Dec 2022 at 12:58

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DUP comes under mounting pressure to drop Assembly veto to let organ donor law pass

The DUP is facing mounting calls to drop its block on the Stormont Assembly sitting so that a stalled organ donation law can be implemented in Northern Ireland. The planned law, named after six-year-old Belfast boy Daithi MacGabhann, ...

10 Feb 2023 at 11:47

Northern Ireland

Hundreds attend funeral of boxer John Cooney who died after title bout

The family of boxer John Cooney, who died following a title fight in Belfast, have described him as their “champion”, who was full of energy, laughter and love. The 28-year-old from Galway, died a week after suffering an injury in ...

14 Feb 2025 at 17:58

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'Inspirational Role Model' award for Longford's Jillian McNulty

Jillian was speaking to the Leader on Monday after the 2017 Longford Person of the Year was named as one of IMAGE Magazine's Seven Inspirational Role Models for young women in Ireland. Events The local CF campaigner was also a ...

28 Apr 2018 at 11:00

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Longford lighting up in support of Organ Donor Awareness Week

Longford County Council is among 30 county and city councils that will light up public sites in green to highlight the message that #LifeIsAGift to support the Irish Kidney Association led Organ Donor Awareness Week ...

01 Apr 2021 at 17:00

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'Leave no doubt' - Donnelly urges Irish people to discuss organ donation with loved ones

The Minister for Health is urging people across Ireland to discuss organ donation with loved ones. The call comes ahead of Organ Donor Awareness Week, which is organised by the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) in ...

16 May 2023 at 15:58

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Organ donor campaign urges Irish public to 'share your wishes' with family

06 Apr 2022 at 17:40

Covid-19 impact on organ transplant rates revealed as Donor Awareness Week is launched

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Fall in organ transplant rates revealed as Donor Awareness Week is launched

There are around 600 people on waiting lists for organ transplants including heart, lung, liver, kidney, and pancreas at any one time, as the number of transplants reduce due to challenges presented by ...

19 Apr 2022 at 16:43

National News

Families of children waiting for heart transplant appeal for donors

The families of five children waiting for a heart transplant have joined together to ask people to consider becoming organ donors. Since the pandemic the number of available organs has dropped, ...

21 Jul 2022 at 16:19

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Longford family urges public to make organ donation wishes known

The national launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2019, by the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, TD, was held at the Mansion House Dublin 2 on Tuesday, March 26. The annual campaign, which ...

04 Apr 2019 at 15:00

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