Irish woman donates a kidney to save her friend who was born just four minutes apart from her in the same hospital

This living donation involved kidneys transported between London, Coventry and Scotland

Best friends since they were born four minutes apart in the same hospital in 1968, Aine volunteered for a living donation to help Sheila

Born four minutes apart in the same maternity hospital, an enduring friendship spanning five decades has been copper-fastened as one woman came to the rescue of her ailing friend and a stranger by donating a kidney. 

Westmeath women Sheila Hanevy and Aine Cornally went on the Late Late Show to share their story of triumph over adversity to highlight the Irish Kidney Association's Organ Donor Awareness Week which starts on Saturday, April 23.