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30Mar/16

Lorraine’s baby dream comes true 20 years after transplant – Herald.ie


Herald.ie

Lorraine’s baby dream comes true 20 years after transplant
Herald.ie
Beautician Lorraine Hayes (31) has realised her lifelong dream of becoming a mum – years after her successful kidney transplant. “My kidneys never grew from birth, but they didn’t find this out until I was nine. So I was 10 when I had the transplant

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29Mar/16

Enda Kenny wants talks with Independents to conclude before contacting FF – Irish Times


Irish Times

Enda Kenny wants talks with Independents to conclude before contacting FF
Irish Times
Mr Varadkar was speaking in Dublin at the launch of the Irish Kidney Association’s Organ Donor Awareness Week, which runs from April 2nd to 9th. Responding to criticism from lung transplant recipient Gordon Ryan from Roscommon that a default ‘opt out’ …
Varadkar: No stable government without ‘some sort of arrangement’ between FG and FFIrish Examiner
Varadkar: Fine Gael/ Fianna Fail ‘arrangement’ needed to form stable GovernmentIrish Independent

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29Mar/16

“Transplantation works – Please, please people, carry a donor card” – Newstalk 106-108 fm


Newstalk 106-108 fm

Transplantation works – Please, please people, carry a donor card”
Newstalk 106-108 fm
Next week marks Organ Donor Awareness Week, which runs from the 2nd to 9th of April. Maurice Kavanagh has had a heart and kidney transplant, as well as surviving cancer. He said when he first found out he needed a transplant he thought it was a death …

29Mar/16

Indecency charge for councilman; boy, 13, runs over grandma; cooked goose – Arizona Daily Star


Arizona Daily Star

Indecency charge for councilman; boy, 13, runs over grandma; cooked goose
Arizona Daily Star
Such is Bill Spence’s drive to inspire others to become organ and tissue donors, so more lives can be saved. The 61-year-old Carpentersville man’s goal is to prompt 2,190 people to register as donors, one for each mile he’ll be walking. “I’ve been

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27Mar/16

Family touched by life-saving liver transplant raising awareness about organ donation – MetroNews Canada


MetroNews Canada

Family touched by life-saving liver transplant raising awareness about organ donation
MetroNews Canada
Family touched by life-saving liver transplant raising awareness about organ donation. The idea to host The Give Gala on April 16 came after Ottawa’s Jenn Bruno, 31, donated 75 per cent of her liver to her best friend’s dad last fall. Share on Facebook …