02Apr/17

‘Helen didn’t have a peaceful death, she wanted to live so much’ – thejournal.ie


thejournal.ie

‘Helen didn’t have a peaceful death, she wanted to live so much’
thejournal.ie
In 2016, 280 organ transplants were carried out in Ireland – 230 from 77 deceased donors and the remaining 50 from living kidney donors. About 600 people in Ireland are currently waiting for life-saving heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplants.

02Apr/17

US govt report criticises India over human rights violations, corruption, lack of transparency – Hindustan Times


Hindustan Times

US govt report criticises India over human rights violations, corruption, lack of transparency
Hindustan Times
The report on ‘Human Rights Practices in India for 2016’ also referred to restrictions on foreign funding of NGOs, including some whose views the government believed were not in the “national or public interest”, female genital mutilation and dowry

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02Apr/17

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


Irish Mirror

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 …

02Apr/17

Squirrel Cage Jail restored to its famous — and infamous — past – The Daily Nonpareil


The Daily Nonpareil

Squirrel Cage Jail restored to its famous — and infamous — past
The Daily Nonpareil
With the help of donors, the beds in each cell now have mattresses and sheets on them where there were none before. A local Boys Scout troop also built benches for each cell. There are numerous jail-related informative displays throughout the structure