IF you’re feeling your age — fed up with your creaking bones — and need a dose of positivity, then look no further than Transplant Team Ireland, half of whom are over 50 and heading off to Poland next week to represent this country.

Tipperary native Brian Lonergan fulfilled a long-standing ambition when his tricolour appeared on live TV during Sunday’s NFL clash between the San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks at Candlestick Park.

Medal holders from the Irish Transplant team have been invited to attend a special ceremony at Croke Park in Dublin later today.

Ireland’s 24 athletes who competed in the World Transplant Games have returned home with a haul of 34 medals

24 Irish athletes are jetting off to South Africa later to compete in the World Transplant Games.

A team of 26 athletes who survived organ transplants or are on dialysis will represent Ireland against the best of Europe next month.

A team of 26 athletes who survived organ transplants or are on dialysis will represent Ireland against the best of Europe next month.

IRELAND’S largest ever team flew out for the World Transplant Games in Sweden yesterday with news that transplantation and donation figures for the first half of this year are very positive.

IT’S not the number of medals you bring home, it’s all about achieving your personal best, football manager, Mickey Harte, told Irish transplant athletes yesterday.

The Irish Kidney Association is urging the public to carry an organ donor card.

The Irish Kidney Association said they hope the success of the Irish Transplant Team will encourage people to get an organ donation card.

Twenty-four Irish athletes will be taking part in the European Transplant and Dialysis Games in Germany this weekend.

Ireland's 26-strong team of athletes have returned to a rousing homecoming following their outstanding success at the recent European Transplant and Dialysis Games.