# irish-kidney-association - Saturday 30 April, 2022
# Lifesaver
# Lifesaver
The Irish Kidney Association is encouraging people to have conversations with family if they want to be a donor.
# irish-kidney-association - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Delayed Transplant
# Delayed Transplant
The association said it hopes this was an isolated incident
# irish-kidney-association - Sunday 3 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Irish authorities were ahead of the curve and got extra kidney treatment equipment and supplies after the disease outbreak in northern Italy.
# irish-kidney-association - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
# Differing Views
# Differing Views
The plans will be debated at the Oireachtas Health Committee today.
# irish-kidney-association - Friday 5 April, 2019
# Kidney Donor
# Kidney Donor
Christy McLoughlin was just 21 when he had a successful kidney transplant.
# irish-kidney-association - Thursday 20 September, 2018
# Warrior
# Warrior
On a typical day, the Irish Kidney Association would receive 20 to 50 requests for organ donor cards.
# irish-kidney-association - Friday 30 March, 2018
# Organ Donations
# Organ Donations
Organ Donor Awareness Week takes place until 7 April.
# irish-kidney-association - Saturday 13 January, 2018
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
The former Dublin hurler is also receiving treatment for skin cancer.
# irish-kidney-association - Sunday 7 January, 2018
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
An IKA spokesperson said that this was six to seven times more than the usual amount for this period.
# irish-kidney-association - Sunday 2 April, 2017
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
Helen Taylor died while waiting for a double lung transplant in 2014.
# irish-kidney-association - Saturday 2 April, 2016
# Lifesaving
# Lifesaving
Laura Dolan had been suffering from a series of liver ailments for six years prior to her transplant in September 2015.
# irish-kidney-association - Sunday 3 January, 2016
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
Almost 2,000 people in Ireland are on dialysis.
# irish-kidney-association - Friday 3 April, 2015
# Organ Donor Week
# Organ Donor Week
Alan Sweeney McBride from Westport was involved in a road traffic accident in Sligo – his organs went on to save six others.
# irish-kidney-association - Thursday 2 April, 2015
# Organ Donor Week
# Organ Donor Week
Husband and wife Karen and Patrick Bradley travelled to Coventry
# irish-kidney-association - Wednesday 1 April, 2015
# Little Hero
# Little Hero
Ben Canty died aged just six years old. His organs were donated to five other people.
# irish-kidney-association - Monday 8 December, 2014
# irish-kidney-association - Wednesday 26 March, 2014
# Awareness
# Awareness
That’s despite the number of deceased donors being the same as 10 years ago.
# irish-kidney-association - Saturday 22 March, 2014
# Education
# Education
The students will have their project implemented during organ donation week.
# irish-kidney-association - Thursday 2 January, 2014
# Gift Of Life
# Gift Of Life
2013 was a record year for organ transplants in Ireland – here are the stories of two people who have a new lease of life in 2014 thanks to the generosity of others.
# irish-kidney-association - Saturday 16 November, 2013
# Transplants
# Transplants
The head of the Irish Kidney Assocation says James Reilly “hasn’t been good enough” on organ donation.
# irish-kidney-association - Saturday 7 September, 2013
# Organ Donor E-card
# Organ Donor E-card
The Deise players will all be displaying the Organ Donor E-card with one of their selectors himself a living kidney donor.
# irish-kidney-association - Thursday 15 August, 2013
# Total Recall
# Total Recall
Micheál Martin accused the Government of trying to “dominate who debates what” in the Oireachtas.
# irish-kidney-association - Friday 9 August, 2013
# Seanad Recall
# Seanad Recall
Minister for Health James Reilly had best not book any holidays…
# irish-kidney-association - Wednesday 24 July, 2013
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
Earlier this week Health Minister James Reilly began a consultation process to decide on whether organ donation should be made an ‘opt-out’ system.
# irish-kidney-association - Monday 22 July, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
A new system is being consider where it will be assumed that everyone has given their consent to donate their organs after death.
# irish-kidney-association - Saturday 30 March, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
“Wide swings” in donation activity have been observed in Ireland, so we’d like to ask: do you plan to donate your organs after you pass away?
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
The awareness campaign, which kicks off today, follows a year in which organ donations dropped by 17 per cent.
# irish-kidney-association - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Organ donations fell by 17 per cent last year, amid continuing calls for a change to Ireland’s management of it.
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
The Chief Executive of the IKA said no other European country experienced Ireland’s “wide swings” in donor activity – and that Ireland required infrastructure and funding to stabilise donation behaviour.
# irish-kidney-association - Monday 25 March, 2013
# Organ Donors
# Organ Donors
The IKA said the proposed name change for the consent form will not necessarily increase our currant rate of donation.
# irish-kidney-association - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
# Appeal
From The42
# Appeal
The Derry star is recovering from a failed kidney donation and believes more Irish people need to volunteer as donors.
# irish-kidney-association - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
The Irish Kidney Association said that such a move would have “huge appeal” in spreading awareness of organ donation.
# irish-kidney-association - Monday 26 March, 2012
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
At the launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2012, the Health Minister said 2011 was a record year for organ donation in Ireland.
# Ecard
# Ecard
As Organ Donor Awareness Week is launched, iPhone and Android users alerted to ECard option…
# irish-kidney-association - Monday 28 March, 2011
# Organ Donation
# Organ Donation
New proposals being drafted would that mean a person’s organs would automatically be donated unless they specifically requested to opt out of the system.