Daughter swimming the channel to raise awareness of organ donation after father's transplant

A daughter is swimming the channel after her aunt donated a kidney to her father, writes Arlene Harris

HUNDREDS of people receive the ultimate gift of life every year in Ireland when they undergo organ transplant surgery. Organ Donor Awareness Week runs from April 2- 9, and the Irish Kidney Association wants to make the public aware of how someone’s life can be transformed by a donated organ.

Padraig Leader from Ballydesmond (on the border of Cork and Kerry) is one of these lucky recipients. Suffering from a rare condition since childhood, much of his life revolved around hospitals and dialysis machines until July of last year when his sister, Maura Angland, made the ultimate sacrifice and donated one of her kidneys to her younger brother.