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JOURNAL MEDIA HAS won two top prizes at this year’s Justice Media Awards, the longest-running media awards in the country, which recognise excellence in Irish legal journalism.
Eoghan Dalton, Sinéad O’Carroll and Daragh Brophy won the award Human Rights/Social Justice Reporting (print/online) category.
They covered the Bill Kenneally inquiry, which looked at the garda investigation into the former sports coach found guilty of indecently assaulting a number of boys.
Sinéad O’Carroll is Editor of The Journal and Daragh Brophy is News Editor.
Muiris O’Cearbhaill won Best Newcomer for highlighting key issues facing public services and other stories in the public interest.
Journal Media was also awarded four merits.
Órla Ryan received a merit in the Human Rights/Social Justice Reporting (print/online) category for her coverage of the landmark Supreme Court ruling on pension rights, while Lauren Boland received a merit for her work on Ireland’s late submission of long-term climate strategy and the EU’s infringement proceedings in response.
Stephen McDermott won two merits, one in International Justice Reporting for his piece examining what a war crime is and if international law is being broken in Israel and Gaza, and another in the general Print/Online Journalism (daily) category for fact-checks debunking false claims about the Family and Care referendums.
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My brother has had 2 kidney transplants first one from our dad and second time from a donor as a family we cannot thank them for being willing to donate organs and their loved ones enough for carrying out their wishes despite their heartbreak and grief. Please let your loved ones know if you want to donate your organs
I will be eternally grateful to my donors family. It is a difficult decision for families at a very difficult time. My donor saved four lives and impacted many many more lives. I know my donors family were happy to see something incredible happen for others out of a very tragic accident. Make your own views known to your nearest and dearest, it makes the decision easier and it makes a huge difference. The gift of life.
It should be an automatic enrolment on the donor list, opt out if you have strong preferences against it
Not hard to implement, and could do away with situations where next of kin aren’t sure of loved one’s wishes, and don’t donate their loved ones organs – “Just in case they wouldn’t have wanted it”.
With an opt-out system we gain hugely I think
And if you’re a transplant recipient – always – send a letter of thanks. It’s anonymous but the comfort it brings to donor families is enormous.
@Niall Sheridan: some can’t believe it or not its a really hard letter to write, the enormity of which shouldn’t be under estimated.
Ireland should operate an automatic opt in system for ORG donations.
Be a hero be a donor
Agreed, why not implement a opt out system in line with the UK system Max and Keira’s Law’. Doubtless the government will engage some external consultants, a couple of years and several millions later, they will reach this conclusion.
My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 7. We always knew there was an increased risk of kidney disease that would ultimately end In a transplant. What we didn’t expect was when she was 19 to be told she would at some point need at least one liver transplant due to a rare autoimmune liver condition.
(The condition eventually comes back after transplant but can be slowed down) some at the same point she is, by the age of 40 have had 5 transplants, others have had none. Ireland don’t do live liver transplants either as I wanted to be a donor.
Her condition further deteriorated after 18 months due to another chronic severe autoimmune disease. It’s an extremely rare combinations of autoimmune conditions.
I’m not sure how viable my organs will be when I die but whatever they can use they can have. When we die our bodies will be cremated or they will rot where they could be used to actually save lives and give people a chance to live those lives to the full.
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