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# Daithi's Law

This year

2023

Westminster is set to pass a new organ donation law for NI because Stormont remains deadlocked

The law is named after six-year-old Belfast boy Daithi MacGabhann, who is waiting for a heart transplant.

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Feb 22nd 2023, 8:31 AM

Daithí's Law: Westminster to pass opt-out organ donation law for Northern Ireland

The political impasse at Stormont means local Assembly members have been unable to pass the regulations required.

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Feb 20th 2023, 8:09 AM

DUP vetoes Stormont speaker vote again, blocking new organ donation law named after six-year-old

It was the latest in a series of failed efforts to recall the Assembly.

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Feb 14th 2023, 2:45 PM