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# Organ Donation

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21st May 2023 - 27th May 2023
# Organ Donation
'For all of my 20s I've been on dialysis, so I'd just take anything at this stage'
Matthew McNeive has been waiting almost five years for a new kidney.
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This year
2023
# Human Tissue Bill
Legislation allowing for soft opt-out organ donation to be debated in Dáil
The bill will also bring in the requirement of a license for the public display of bodies after death.
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Jan 24th 2023, 6:15 AM
Last year
2022
# Organ Donation
250 organ transplants took place in Ireland this year
The HSE has thanked the donors and their families who made the life-saving transplants possible.
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Dec 29th 2022, 2:47 PM
# Human Tissue Bill
Soft opt-out organ donation on the way as delayed Bill finally sees movement
The bill will also bring in the requirement of a license for the public display of bodies after death.
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Nov 29th 2022, 6:00 AM
# Human Tissue Bill
'It's very worrying': Frustration as Dáil term ends without action on opt-out organ donation
A Bill was due to be signed off before the summer break, but has been pushed to the autumn.
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Jul 20th 2022, 12:05 AM
# Lifesaver
'People are thinking of her every day': How organ donation was a 'huge solace' for one Mayo family
The Irish Kidney Association is encouraging people to have conversations with family if they want to be a donor.
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Apr 30th 2022, 6:30 AM
All time
# Organ Donation
Over 200 organ transplants carried out despite 'extremely challenging' year for service
Ninety-nine donors were involved in the process – 64 people who had died and 35 living donors.
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Dec 29th 2021, 5:41 PM
# Organ Donation
'It's a huge comfort our daughter saved someone else's life': 190 organ transplants carried out this year
Ninety donors were involved in the process – 62 people who had died and 28 living donors.
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Dec 31st 2020, 3:24 PM
# Gift of Life
'It gave me back my life': Transplant patient urges people to talk to their families about organ donation wishes
Transplants through deceased donors are down 25% on last year.
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Dec 21st 2020, 9:00 PM
# matilda
'It doesn't have to be a morbid conversation': Mother of infant organ donor makes public appeal
Rebecca Maher’s daughter died at just eight months old, but was able to give a new life to someone waiting on a kidney transplant.
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Dec 31st 2019, 6:00 AM
# HSE
Record number of lung transplants carried out in Ireland this year, new figures show
Simon Harris said he hopes more people will donate organs through he Human Tissue Bill.
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Dec 30th 2019, 2:30 PM
# differing views
Opt-out organ donation plan accused of 'misleading the public'
The plans will be debated at the Oireachtas Health Committee today.
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Oct 16th 2019, 9:21 AM
# Donor Card
'I'm doing this in honour of my donor': Woman who received life-saving kidney transplant taking on 5k race
Emma O’Sullivan has gone through two organ transplants due to an illness she has experienced since birth.
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Aug 11th 2019, 11:00 AM
# organ donor card
Harris to bring in opt-out organ donation system, but law means families will have the final say
The Bill also provides for non-directed altruistic kidney donation.
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May 2nd 2019, 5:54 PM
# Gift of Life
'I got a new life because of their loved one': Organ recipients tell their stories as Organ Donor Awareness Week launches
The launched was attended by Ambassador Ray D’Arcy and Minister for Health Simon Harris.
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Mar 26th 2019, 8:00 PM
# Cystic Fibrosis
'I was studying to be a fitness coach when I needed a double lung transplant'
Luke Doherty was added to the transplant waiting list when one of his lungs collapsed.
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Jan 6th 2019, 5:28 PM
# Vera Dwyer
'I got one lung, the girl got the other lung and the boy got the heart - but I'm the only survivor'
Vera Dwyer (77) had her transplant operation in 1988 in the UK after being diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).
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Nov 20th 2018, 5:36 PM
# Organ Donation
Organ donors who are stay at home parents may get their childcare expenses reimbursed
Currently, donors can get accomodation, travel and wages reimbursed up to €16,000.
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Nov 3rd 2018, 5:30 AM
# Warrior
More than 5,000 requests for organ donor cards since Orla Tinsley documentary
On a typical day, the Irish Kidney Association would receive 20 to 50 requests for organ donor cards.
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Sep 20th 2018, 8:50 PM
# Organ Donation
Remember Myles? A kidney transplant has changed his life
‘Ordinary people get to do extraordinary things.’
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Mar 31st 2018, 7:15 AM
# Organ Donation
Michael has had three transplants and is helping other patients come to terms with kidney failure
The former Dublin hurler is also receiving treatment for skin cancer.
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Jan 13th 2018, 6:30 PM
# Organ Donation
'People have clearly been inspired': There have been 1,400 organ donor cards requested in the past fortnight
An IKA spokesperson said that this was six to seven times more than the usual amount for this period.
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Jan 7th 2018, 4:00 PM
# Donors
'The most selfless gift': A record number of organ donations were carried out in 2017
This included 51 kidneys from living donors.
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Dec 29th 2017, 7:59 AM
# orla tinsley
'I have shiny new lungs' -Irish Cystic Fibrosis activist gets double lung transplant
The journalist and Cystic Fibrosis activist has long campaigned for more awareness about the condition.
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Dec 26th 2017, 5:02 PM
# Organ Donation
'I looked death in the eyes and didn't like what I saw so I came back': Double lung transplant patient running the New York marathon
In September, he was diagnosed IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis) a rare and incurable lung condition.
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Nov 4th 2017, 7:30 AM
# Transplants
Harris wants to bring in opt-out organ donation system next year
Health Minister Simon Harris today launched a six-week public consultation on an opt-out organ donation scheme.
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Aug 28th 2017, 4:04 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Would you opt out of a system for organ donation?
Health Minister Simon Harris plans to introduce an opt out system in Ireland in the near future.
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Jul 11th 2017, 9:36 PM
# Gift of Life
Meet the people who are on-call 24-7 to make sure organ transplants happen
“A death has occurred, but a life is also saved and enhanced.”
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Jun 11th 2017, 8:30 PM
# Gift of Life
'A woman has our daughter's lungs and four boys have the rest of her organs'
Nevaeh Gale-Spollen was just weeks away from her 10th brithday when she died from a brain haemorrhage.
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May 9th 2017, 6:08 AM
# Transplants
'You can’t take your organs with you': Harris to bring in opt-out system next year
“Donating your organs is the most selfless act that anybody can actually do.”
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May 8th 2017, 2:12 PM
# Sam
'He was given a beyond poor chance of survival - now he urgently needs a kidney'
Sam Kinahan was born with a severe bladder defect, leaving him in end-stage renal failure.
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Apr 8th 2017, 6:50 PM
# organ donor week
'A part of me is with him!': Wexford father donates kidney to ailing son
Graham Bright had just begun a new job in when he ended up in St Vincent’s Hospital with end-stage kidney failure.
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Apr 7th 2017, 9:52 PM
# Donor Card
'I feel more alive and can think clearly': Seven members of Donegal family undergo kidney transplants
Eleven members of the family have been diagnosed with the same unusual hereditary kidney condition called Tubulo Nephritis.
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Apr 6th 2017, 4:55 PM
# Organ Donation
'After the transplant, I looked in the mirror and my eyes weren’t yellow anymore, they were white'
Shauna Morrissey has cystic fibrosis and is campaigning for an opt-out organ donation system.
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Apr 3rd 2017, 6:30 AM
# Organ Donation
'Helen didn’t have a peaceful death, she wanted to live so much'
Helen Taylor died while waiting for a double lung transplant in 2014.
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Apr 2nd 2017, 7:00 PM
# Organ Donation
'A profound act of kindness': Doctor donates kidney to colleague
Dr Noel Howard said it was “an easy decision” to make.
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Apr 1st 2017, 12:11 PM
# gavin coyne
Tributes paid after young Dublin boy dies while waiting for heart transplant
Gavin Coyne passed away yesterday while awaiting surgery in Freeman Hospital Newcastle.
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Feb 21st 2017, 10:07 PM
Voices
Column: 'My mum was dying. Her heart was failing. She was bedridden until she got a new heart'
Of all the things that companies are trying to flog this Valentine’s Day, the best gift is your heart. Your actual pound-of-flesh beating heart.
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Feb 14th 2017, 6:15 AM
# Myles
'New lease of life': Seriously ill Meath boy doing well after uncle donates kidney
The father of Myles Jordan said that the boy is doing incredibly well after receiving a life-saving kidney transplant.
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Dec 21st 2016, 6:45 AM
# Drug Tragedy
'By the time I got there, it was on the news and in the papers'
Nicole Ryan’s brother Alex went into cardiac arrest after taking an extremely potent synthetic drug.
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Aug 30th 2016, 8:18 PM
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