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A CANDIDATE IN Mayo was removed from the count centre in Castlebar after he approached Enda Kenny.
The Fine Gael leader and his wife Fionnuala were speaking to supporters tonight when Manning, who is a member of Integrity Ireland, approached him.
Security stepped in and, after a heated exchange, Manning was removed from the building.
Speaking to reporters outside after the incident, the independent candidate said he “never intended it to be a stunt”, and wanted to speak to Kenny about death threats that have been sent to his family.
This is great. The larger the donor pool the more lives saved.
This is great news! I’m now eligible to donate- I’m happy to give.
Welcome news. I gave blood regularly in Ireland but still banned in France because I lived in the UK in the early nineties.
@David Stapleton: is that still the case that you can’t donate blood uf you lived in the UK in the 90s?
@Lisa Jones: If we are talking about France, then indeed, that’s why I wrote it.
@David Stapleton: not meaning to pry, but can I ask why you are not allowed donate blood in France if you lived in the UK in the 90s? Never heard of it and am curious.
@Joe_X: I think it was to do with the mad cow disease outbreak there at the time.
@Lisa Jones: They lifted that ban in 2019. If you lived in the UK then, you can now donate in Ireland.
Here’s the official update:
https://www.giveblood.ie/can-i-give-blood/keeping-blood-safe/vcjd/
@David Stapleton: I think that is changed. I gave blood regularly in Glasgow and then here they said they wouldn’t take it. Saw in the news recently that view has been reviewed
@Dorothy Kavanagh: that’s great news, thanks. I’ll definitely look into it.
@Joe_X: Mad Cow disease in the UK. Even Ireland banned people from giving blood, but the ban in France is/was still in effect, though one commenter said they think that the French ban has been rescinded too. I’ll have to look into it.
@David Stapleton & The next small thing: Thanks for explaining. As the saying goes, you learn something new everyday.
Not a single mention of the man that brought the IBTS to court multiple times to get this policy brought in. Tomás Heneghan has been battling the IBTS for 7 years to get them to stop their discrimination against gay and bisexual men. His actions forced them to first allow gay men to donate if they hadn’t had sex for a year and he continued the legal action until they are now being treated the same as everyone else.
This is a long time coming. It begs the question – who in IBTS stood over this totally non-medical rule for blood donations for so many decades until they’ve been badgered into fixing it in 2022? If they’re making childish decisions like this, are blood donating services really safe? Who’s really at the wheel?
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