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04Apr/17

‘It should be donations by default’ – man awaiting kidney transplant – Anglo Celt

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Anglo Celt

‘It should be donations by default’ – man awaiting kidney transplant
Anglo Celt
Aodhagan is a dialysis patient awaiting a kidney and pancreas transplant. The 39-year-old Mullahoran man is talking to the Celt about the National Organ Donor Awareness Week. “There needs to be more done about getting people to sign up to donor cards.
Transplant recipients back donor campaignDublin People
Galway doctor donates kidney to colleagueGalway Independent
Duleek mum’s gratitude for new lease of life thanks to donor and familyMeath Chronicle
Irish Independent –Evening Echo Cork
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03Apr/17

Local couple share amazing living donor story on Late Late Show – Offaly Express

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Offaly Express

Local couple share amazing living donor story on Late Late Show
Offaly Express
A couple from Rosemount on the Offaly/Westmeath border, who met under unusual circumstances in Co. Offaly, have shared their extraordinary story to raise awareness for Organ Donor Awareness Week (April 1-8). The couple, Ken Byrne and Aine O’Keeffe, …
03Apr/17

Donate life – having received two liver donations Brian is spreading the word of organ donation – Irish Independent

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Irish Independent

Donate life – having received two liver donations Brian is spreading the word of organ donation
Irish Independent
Organ Donor Awareness Week, which began yesterday, April 1, and is organised by the Irish Kidney Association (IKA), encourages families to discuss their wishes concerning deceased organ donation. You can support the IKA by buying ‘forget-me-not’ …
02Apr/17

Mum makes plea for people to sign up to give organs as her 3-year-old son’s life is saved by donation – The Irish Sun

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Mum makes plea for people to sign up to give organs as her 3-year-old son’s life is saved by donation
The Irish Sun
And his overjoyed parents are sharing his story to encourage others to sign up as donors for Organ Donor Awareness Week which starts today. Peter, from Thurles, Co Tipperary, is one of 296 Irish people who received life-saving transplants last year.
02Apr/17

Irish living donor transplant couple to wed in the near future – Irish Mirror

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Irish living donor transplant couple to wed in the near future
Irish Mirror
Three years previously Áine and Ken attended a meeting at Beaumont Hospital with Professor Peter Conlon when Áine volunteered to go forward and donate one of her kidneys to Ken. Aine explained, “When people ask me why I decided to give Ken one of …
01Apr/17

Organ Donor week starts in Kildare today – Leinster Leader

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Leinster Leader

Organ Donor week starts in Kildare today
Leinster Leader
Kildare’s All-Ireland ladies champions joined Martin Heydon TD and local Irish Kidney Association members recently to launch Organ Donor Awareness week at Hawkfield. Organ Donor Awareness Week 2017 will take place from April 1 to 8. The local Kildare …
The importance of organ donation for one Donegal familyDonegal Democrat
Living happily after second transplantConnaught Telegraph
‘I feel more alive and can think clearly’: Seven members of Donegal family undergo kidney transplantsthejournal.ie
Donegal Now –Irish Independent –Dublin People
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