So many wonderful milestones for Brian Sheehy - thanks to a kidney transplant

A wedding, a daughter, a new job: Brian and Sarah will have candles to remember his deceased donor and his own brother whose organs were donated. And his uncle Mike, who was a living donor, will be at their wedding

Brian Sheehy, Athea, with fianceé Sarah — they are to be married in June

The extended Sheehy family in Limerick and Kerry are well aware of the range of emotions that organ donation can trigger — they have experienced the joy of a new lease of life following a transplant and they have also made the heartbreaking decision to donate a teenager's organs.

Patrick Sheehy was just 18 years old when he was killed in a road traffic collision. His family donated his organs at the time in August 2005 and saved six lives.