Organ donation: ‘She’s like a different child. Sofia has her childhood back’
Irish Kidney Association launches organ donor awareness week
‘To improve organ donation rates, we need to look at every death in ICUs and EDs’
Ireland currently has a lower level of organ donations than many nearby countries
Advocacy groups for vulnerable people express concern over removal of masks
Need to increase access to antivirals as society opens up, says advocate
Covid-19 has had ‘serious unwelcome impact’ on those awaiting transplants
Irish Kidney Association launch Organ Donor Awareness Week
Covid-19: People aged 16-69 with very high risk conditions moved up vaccine list
Patient lobby groups say the case for reprioritisation was unequivocal
Readers on overseas travel: ‘I am responsible enough to go and manage the risk of Covid’
The Government is unclear about foreign holidays this summer. We asked for your views
Coronavirus: ‘Transplant for me means that I could get back to normal’
Kidney, lung and pancreas transplants have all been ‘paused’ due to coronavirus
Covid-19: Beaumont Hospital to use kidney association building
Facility used by kidney transplant patients, dialysis patients and families during stays
Organ donor list: Department and charity clash over approach
Donor group says creating an opt-out-only register is a ‘huge missed opportunity’
Orla Tinsley ‘living a life that she was never able to live before’ – mother
Parents of cystic fibrosis campaigner attend Kidney Association rememberance service
Will an opt-out register improve rates of organ donation?
Government proposes legislation which will assume people consent to giving major organs
Altruistic organ donation should be introduced in Ireland, charity says
Half a dozen people a year referred to North for altruistic organ donation, says IKA
Elizabeth O’Kelly: the generous widow who left her fortune to charity
Laois multimillionaire (92) would be ‘horrified’ at her €30m donation becoming public
Orla Tinsley documentary led to surge in donor card requests
Public response to programme ‘not seen in a decade’, says kidney association
Health Board: upcoming conferences, talks, campaigns and events
The Irish Kidney Association’s Run for a Life family fun run aims to raise awareness about the life-saving importance of organ donation and transplantation
Dubliner runs 1,000km through Ireland to raise organ donor awareness
Don Hannon, who donated part of liver to his sister, is first to complete The Ireland Way
Dead or alive: A simple guide to organ donation
Becoming a potential donor is easy – carry an organ donor card and let your family know
Let the games begin: celebrating being well and thanking a donor
Transplant Team Ireland member Ron Grainger from Castleknock, Co Dublin, is a retired urologist and kidney transplant recipient. This week he will compete at the World Transplant Games in Spain
If a new ID solution from SaaS start-up iDly Systems succeeds, plastic ID cards will be history
Practical and cost effective, it allows for the easy authentication of any ID
I donated my son's organs - now two men live healthy lives
A mother who agreed to allow her son's organs to be donated says it has been a great consolation to know he is helping others
‘Urgent’ need for second kidney transplant hospital
Transplant recipients join Irish Kidney Association’s donor awareness week launch
Patients protest over closure of Beaumont transplant programme
‘I’m afraid that by the time they sort this out, my body will be too weak for a transplant’
Beaumont ‘may face charges’ over closure of transplant programme
Patients suffering due to lack of pancreas transplants at hospital, says David Hickey
Concern after Beaumont post-transplant clinic closes
Many transplant patients have been forced into overcrowded emergency departments
Temple Street celebrates 100th kidney transplant
Children who have undergone the operation gather at hospital to honour programme
‘My brother’s death gave me new strengths to help others’
A week in my . . . cardiothoracic surgery. Lars Nölke is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Mater and Crumlin hospitals in Dublin
Woman who died after giving birth saved lives through organ donation
Husband of Sally Rowlette speaks about decision to help others to live after his wife died the day after giving birth to their fourth child
Varadkar urges public to carry donor cards
Minister for Health speaking at the launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week
Kidney Association looks for all-island approach
Association says transplant surgeons from North should be seconded to work in HSE and ensure donated organs not sent abroad
Number of organ donations down by a quarter
Key to enhancing organ donation is through specialist nurses and doctors, says professor
President says too many die waiting for organ donations
Society must not avoid discussing questions raised by transplantation, Higgins says
Transplant and dialysis team eye golden chance
More than 30 athletes are set to travel to the transplant and dialysis championships in Krakow, Poland
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