Remarkable transplant story of lifelong local friends told on Late Late ShowBorn four minutes apart in the Athlone hospital, an enduring friendship spanning five decades has been copper fastened as one came to the rescue of her ailing friend and a stranger by donating a kidney in March 2019. This followed a transplant which Sheila had received as a teenager and which failed 15 years later. Organ Donor Awareness Week which is organised by the Irish Kidney Association and which starts on Saturday 23rd April and continues until 30th. Sheila's partner Pat Dunne and Aine's husband Brian accompanied them to the Late Late Show. The key message during Organ Donor Awareness Week (23-30 April), which is organised by the Irish Kidney Association in association with Organ Donation Transplant Ireland, is to Share Your Wishes.

Source: Irish Independent April 23, 2022 13:33 UTC