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Organ Donation

    Valentine's Day
    Column: 'My mum was dying. Her heart was failing. She was bedridden until she got a new heart'
    Sarah Todd
    14 Feb 2017
    312
    16
    Myles
    'New lease of life': Seriously ill Meath boy doing well after uncle donates kidney
    21 Dec 2016
    12.2k
    16
    Drug Tragedy
    'By the time I got there, it was on the news and in the papers'
    30 Aug 2016
    36.4k
    10
    Organ Donation
    Most people would donate an organ, but many haven't spoken to their family about it
    5 May 2016
    6.5k
    35
    Organ Donor
    Why Myles needs a kidney
    3 Apr 2016
    23.5k
    17
    Lifesaving
    "Your organs are no use to anyone in the ground" - a donor's kindness has given this girl her life back
    2 Apr 2016
    29.0k
    34
    Organ Donation
    Video shows emotional moment teen awakes after surviving heart transplant
    26 Jan 2016
    19.6k
    15
    former hurler
    Michael has survived cancer and a heart bypass, now he's waiting for his third kidney
    17 Jan 2016
    27.8k
    18
    Organ Donation
    Concern over 'significant decline' in kidney transplants from living donors
    3 Jan 2016
    15.2k
    278
    NHS
    Tinder encouraging users to swipe to donate their organs
    14 Dec 2015
    7.3k
    18
    The Daily Poll
    Poll: Should Ireland have an opt out organ donation system like Wales?
    1 Dec 2015
    16.6k
    106
    Opinion
    'Beaumont Hospital chiefs are playing Russian roulette with my life'
    Ciara Kelly
    2 Jul 2015
    429
    52
    Organ Donation
    This one family has undergone seven kidney transplants
    11 Apr 2015
    10.8k
    8
    Organ Donation
    A mystery stomach pain led to a massive medical discovery for this teenager
    4 Apr 2015
    33.7k
    5
    news wrap
    Today's top stories in 6 seconds
    30 Mar 2015
    7.9k
    Organ Donation
    18-week-old baby Jessica still has smiles for her family as she waits for a heart transplant
    30 Mar 2015
    15.2k
    4
    The Daily Poll
    Poll: Should organ donation be opt-out?
    23 Mar 2015
    17.8k
    99
    Irish Kidney Association
    'Organ donor cards don't work anymore, we need a new approach'
    8 Dec 2014
    9.8k
    59
    Start the conversation
    Joe Brolly encourages families to talk openly about organ donation
    2 Dec 2014
    7.4k
    23
    Rest In Peace
    'Helen didn't get lungs ... but we’ll make sure other people get them because of her'
    1 Dec 2014
    57.0k
    70
    Cystic Fibrosis
    'Luke's Christmas wish is that his mammy gets new lungs'
    23 Nov 2014
    27.4k
    28
    Breathing new life
    This Sligo great-grandmother is now the longest-surviving lung transplant recipient in the world
    12 Aug 2014
    15.8k
    11
    Unintentional Hero
    'I am alive because somebody decided to be an organ donor, a hero, my hero'
    13 Jul 2014
    18.1k
    43
    Organ Donation
    More transplants than ever were carried out in Ireland last year
    29 May 2014
    4.9k
    22
    Organ Donation
    Remembering Alan Feeley - 'Life is so fragile but he left the world in a better place'
    5 May 2014
    47.8k
    13
    Gift of Life
    Organ Donation: The donors and the people they save
    5 Apr 2014
    8.0k
    14
    the gift of life
    This Irishman saved five lives in two countries by donating his organs
    31 Mar 2014
    40.3k
    45
    The Daily Poll
    Poll: Do you think Ireland should have an opt out system for organ donation?
    29 Mar 2014
    13.4k
    157
    Education
    Group of Meath students come up with plan to save lives
    22 Mar 2014
    10.7k
    5
    Liam Neeson
    Liam Neeson gives emotional interview about wife Natasha Richardson's death
    21 Feb 2014
    27.9k
    11
    The Daily Poll
    Poll: Do you have an organ donor card?
    3 Jan 2014
    14.5k
    162
    Organ Donation
    2013 a 'record year' for organ transplants in Ireland
    31 Dec 2013
    6.9k
    17
    Transplant
    Opt for Life campaign welcome organ donation reforms
    18 Dec 2013
    6.0k
    11
    Organ Donation
    Family's joy as heart transplant dad could be home for Christmas
    21 Nov 2013
    9.0k
    9
    Transplants
    Govt doing "bare minimum" to fix organ donation rates, says CEO
    16 Nov 2013
    3.6k
    56
    Tune in
    Check out the new trailer for Joe Brolly's 'Perfect Match' documentary
    14 Nov 2013
    8.3k
    8
    taidhg burke
    "Taidhg, my beloved, was an organ donor": Mother of musician killed in car crash in heartfelt appeal
    24 Oct 2013
    15.6k
    19
    Organ Donation
    Transplant patient: My sister gave me a kidney - and my life back
    12 Oct 2013
    6.9k
    6
    Organ Donation
    More than 650 people waiting on organ transplants
    8 Oct 2013
    9.8k
    28
    Oireachtas
    'Soft opt-out' system for organ donation recommended for Ireland
    1 Oct 2013
    9.6k
    76
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