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05Apr/16

Aunt gives ‘best wedding present ever’ to her niece – a life-saving kidney – Irish Mirror


Irish Mirror

Aunt gives ‘best wedding present ever’ to her niece – a life-saving kidney
Irish Mirror
The Irish Kidney Association’s Organ Donor Awareness Week continues until Saturday. People can help by carrying a donor card, downloading the Smartphone app and permitting code 115 to be included on their driver’s licence. You can also donate €2 from …

05Apr/16

Organ donation: ‘I know the enormity of what that family did’ – Irish Times


Irish Times

Organ donation: ‘I know the enormity of what that family did’
Irish Times
Jonny Quigley was one of 153 people who received a kidney transplant last year. Last March, he received a call at 2am from Beaumont hospital after five months on the waiting list, saying they had found a match for him. The usual wait time for a kidney

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04Apr/16

Cork County Mayor Urges People of Cork To Support Organ Donation Awareness Week – TheCork.ie


TheCork.ie

Cork County Mayor Urges People of Cork To Support Organ Donation Awareness Week
TheCork.ie
Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 takes place over the next week (2nd -9th April) and is organised by the Irish Kidney Association (IKA). The focus of Organ Donor Awareness Week is to raise awareness about the ongoing and ever increasing demand for …
‘In the blackness, organ donation was the only light in Eamonn’s death’- Irish mum who tragically lost her only son Irish Independent

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04Apr/16

‘I love you and I feel absolutely connected to you’- Saoirse Perry on the organ donor who saved her life – Irish Independent


Irish Independent

‘I love you and I feel absolutely connected to you’- Saoirse Perry on the organ donor who saved her life
Irish Independent
When Saoirse Perry learned that she needed a transplant, she was shocked. But, she tells our reporter, she has come through the ordeal with flying colours, and is already hard at work completing her degree …

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03Apr/16

Organ Donar Awareness Week – “Make your wishes known to your next of kin” – http://theliberal.ie/ (press release) (blog)


http://theliberal.ie/ (press release) (blog)

Organ Donar Awareness Week – “Make your wishes known to your next of kin”
http://theliberal.ie/ (press release) (blog)
RTE’s Vivienne Traynor and Johnny Paradise spoke about their personal organ donations on last night’s Ray D’Arcy Show. Vivienne donated a kidney to her nephew, Martin, while Johnny decided to donate to a unknown donar when he saw Joe Brolly’s …