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<p>Boyle native Niall Kennedy, a dialysis patient and nurse, with his wife Helen at the national launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2023. The new bill provides a statutory framework for organ donation and transplant services. Picture: Andres Poveda </p>

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‘Soft opt-out’ organ donation bill is passed

Under the new system, people will be deemed to be organ donors unless they have registered their wish not to donate

<p>Dr Catherine Motherway, clinical lead for Organ Donation Transplant Ireland. Picture: Ray Ryan</p>

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Organ donation audit found 'missed opportunities for donation'

<p>‘Don’t Leave Your Loved Ones in Doubt’: Kate Twohig, a liver transplant recipient from Clonmel, Co Tipp, with a message urging people to discuss organ donations with their loved ones. Organ Donor Awareness Week continues until Saturday. Picture: Andres Poveda</p>

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Organ donor choice on driving licences 'should be shared with the HSE'

Grieving families to face indefinite wait for report into incinerated organs

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Grieving families to face indefinite wait for report into incinerated organs

'Looking at his pictures hurt': Parents still waiting for answers over incineration of baby organs

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'Looking at his pictures hurt': Parents still waiting for answers over incineration of baby organs

Cork couple call for legislation after baby girl's organs 'were disposed of like rubbish'

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'The guilt will never leave me', says mother whose daughter's organs were incinerated

Stephen Donnelly meets with Stella Kyriakides

Families affected by organ incineration scandal call for Human Tissue Bill publication

the Department of Health cannot yet provide a date for the Bill publication, which is due to come before the Dáil by Christmas

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022

Audit on incinerated babies' organs only examined 10% of cases

Audit on incinerated babies' organs only examined 10% of cases

The mum of a baby whose organs were sent abroad for incineration without her knowledge says the full truth of how organs are dealt with in Irish hospitals is unknown because an internal audit by the health service only examined 10% of cases in a ...

Wed, 13 Jul, 2022

Autumn timeline for Human Tissue Bill 'not good enough'

Autumn timeline for Human Tissue Bill 'not good enough'

The bill would provide a legal framework for the storing and disposal of human organs and tissue

Tue, 12 Jul, 2022