Organ Donor Awareness Week

Joe Duffy, who regularly features organ donation on Liveline, has again generously pledged his support to Organ Donor Awareness Week campaign. The lifesaving awareness campaign which is organised by the Irish Kidney Association and supported by the Irish Donor Network will take place this year from March 30th - April 6th

During Organ Donor Awareness Week, the various media, print, radio and television, feature many stories from all over Ireland relating to organ donation and individual people's personal experiences of being donor families and recipients.

Media Reports from 2012

http://www.ika.ie/joe-duffy-supports-organ-donor-awareness-week

RTÉ.ie Radio1: Liveline - Monday 2nd April
Organ Donation Treasa Walsh's son Gearoid died tragically in Australia in 2009

www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_liveline.xml

Liveline discussion on organ donation continued on Tuesday, April 3rd

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/liveline/2012-04-03.html

Dialysis kept me alive for two years - The Irish Times - Tue, Apr 03, 2012

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2012/0403/1224314289199.html

Irish Triple Transplant Mum pays tribute to donor families - Sunday Independent April 1st

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/irish-triple-transplant-mum-pays-tribute-to-donor-families-3061437.html

Media reports from 2011

The Sunday Business Post also carried the agonising story of David Berber who is waiting for a heart transplant in the Mater Hospital.

http://www.sbpost.ie/agenda/the-longest-wait-55110.html

David Berber received the wonderful gift of a heart transplant in late May, 2011

"The Best Gift of All for Mother's Day" - Sunday Independent, 3rd April

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/the-best-gift-of-all-for-this-mothers-day-2607520.html

The Health Supplement of the Irish Times on Tuesday 29th March featured the story - "Éamonn's generosity gave four people the chance to live full lives again"

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2011/0329/1224293284043.html

‘Too many hearts were exported while people awaited transplantation in this country. We are desperately concerned about the low transplant rate," said Terry Mangan, chairman of the Irish Donor Network, who also said "transplant activity for hearts and lungs was ‘‘exceedingly poor’’ in Ireland relative to the number of deceased donors."

Read more in the Sunday Business Post, April 3rd.

http://www.sbpost.ie/news/seven-out-of-ten-donor-hearts-sent-overseas-in-2010-55516.html

Strange Boat - Organ Donation Awareness

Organ Donor Awareness Week