Sligo ChampionGive gift of life by carrying cardSligo ChampionFormer Tanaiste and EU Commissioner Ray MacSharry has been made Ambassador of the Sligo Branch of the Irish Kidney Association. He officially launched Donor Week awareness last Tuesday in th…
Sligo Champion |
Broadcaster Claire Byrne fronts IKA organ donor awareness week
Sligo Champion Claire Byrne is the new ambassador for the Irish Kidney Association’s Organ Donor Awareness campaign 2018. The Irish Kidney Association, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, said Byrne had taken up the voluntary role of ambassador for 2018 … |
Irish ExaminerIsabel Terry: Heart, lung recipient praises transplant rise | Irish …Irish ExaminerA woman who got a new heart and new lungs six months ago has welcomed record-breaking transplant figures, and urged people to talk to their loved ones ab…
Evening Echo Cork |
Cork grandfathers united in friendship after life-changing kidney …
Evening Echo Cork Two Cork grandfathers who had not known one another previously have now forged a friendship which will endure for the rest of their lives as they thank the same deceased donor for their gifts of life. Charlie Keane and Dermot O’Connell, aged 67 and 70 … |
Leitrim Observer |
Ballinamore’s Meadhbh McGivern part of Organ Donor Awareness Week at Maynooth University
Leitrim Observer Ballinamore lady, Meadhbh McGivern is one of four students at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, who have all been touched by organ failure, who are holding organ donor awareness activities at the campus during Organ Donor Awareness Week … Offaly man’s incredible lung transplant story told to mark Organ Donor Awareness WeekOffaly Express Laois man’s incredible lung transplant story told to mark Organ Donor Awareness WeekLeinster Express Liscannor Woman Recovering From Double Transplant Backs ‘Donor Awareness Week‘Clare FM Tipperary Star all 19 news articles » |
Minister Byrne launches Organ Donor Awareness Week 1st-8th AprilWaterford TodayMinister of State for Health Promotion, Catherine Byrne TD yesterday launched Organ Donor Awareness week and thanked the Irish Kidney Association, who this year are celebrat…
Offaly Express |
Offaly man’s incredible lung transplant story told to mark Organ Donor Awareness Week
Offaly Express A Tullamore man will tell his incredible health story at the Mansion House, Dublin for national launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week on Tuesday. Val Kennedy will share the story of his own lung transplant story that resulted in the keen golfer … Ballinamore’s Meadhbh McGivern part of Organ Donor Awareness Week at Maynooth UniversityLeitrim Observer Liscannor Woman Recovering From Double Transplant Backs ‘Donor Awareness Week‘Clare FM Athlone man’s “second chance” at life after kidney transplantWestmeath Independent Tipperary Star all 19 news articles » |
Trussvilletribune |
Trussville Council approves proclamation for Parental Alienation …
Trussvilletribune A Proclamation declaring April 25, 2018 as Parental Alienation Awareness “Bubbles for Love Day” was presented by Councilor Jef Freeman in the March 27 regular meeting. Alabama is one of 16 states who have declared or recognized April 25 as Parental … |
RSVP Live |
Galway mum opens up about kidney donation: “Seeing my brother …
RSVP Live A Galway mum of two who donated an organ to save her brother’s life has opened up about the experience, saying it’s “amazing ” to see him healthy again. Ann Lyons underwent the operation in London in 2005 after a doctor discovered that both of her … |
Irish Health |
2017 was record year for organ transplants
Irish Health Last year was a record year for organ transplantation in Ireland, the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) has said. Launching Organ Donor Awareness Week, which runs from March 31-April 7, the IKA highlighted that in 2017, 327 organs were transplanted into … 500 people awaiting organs, despite record year of transplantsIrish Examiner Overjoyed Kerry mum, 37, tells how she’ll get to enjoy many more …The Irish Sun Record number of organ transplants carried out in 2017Infosurhoy |