The father of Meadhbh McGivern has said not enough has been done to prevent a repeat of the controversy surrounding his daughter's botched transfer for a liver transplant operation.

Liver transplant teenager Meadhbh McGivern has told how she has become hooked on exercise just eight months after her marathon lifesaving surgery.

A thankful Joe McGivern, whose daughter Meadhbh got a liver transplant in September having missed out in July, recalls a turbulent 2011 and looks forward to a stress-free family life into the future

Meadhbh Mc Givern is back with her family in Leitrim this evening after being discharged from Crumlin Hospital in Dublin.

The father of a Leitrim schoolgirl who underwent a liver transplant in London has spoken of his shock at discovering that a state aircraft will not be provided to transport his daughter home.

LIVER transplant teenager Meadhbh McGivern is relatively stable in intensive care after undergoing a 12-hour surgery, her father said.

Leitrim teenager Meadhbh McGivern is said to be in a "relatively stable" condition after undergoing marathon liver transplant surgery in the UK.

“FINGERS crossed” were Joe McGivern’s first words when he arrived at King’s College Hospital in London yesterday with teenage daughter Meadhbh for her liver transplant.

A teenager who missed a liver transplant operation earlier this summer because of botched transport plans was recovering tonight after undergoing surgery in London.

A teenager who missed a liver transplant operation earlier this summer because of botched transport plans is undergoing surgery today in London.

THE father of a Co Leitrim teenager who needs a liver transplant said he has been reassured that there is no need to relocate his family to Dublin or London to ensure her place on the waiting list for a donor organ.

IRISH children awaiting transplant operations in Britain may no longer be able to avail of organs from “non-heartbeating” donors if they live more than three hours travel time from the British hospital where the surgery will take place.

WHEN Christiaan Barnard placed another person’s heart in Louis Washkansky’s torso in 1967 he had reached one of the great milestones of medicine.

MEADHBH McGivern’s father has said that he was shocked at a report’s finding that no single body had overall responsibility for co-ordinating travel plans for patients requiring transplant surgery in Britain.

THE failure to arrange a flight in time to bring Leitrim teenager Meadhbh McGivern to London for a life-saving liver transplant operation was primarily due to the absence of a single co-ordinating agency or individual with overall charge of the patient’s transport arrangements.

The McGivern family remain unconvinced there will not be a repeat of failures which forced their sick daughter to miss a vital life changing transplant, they have said.

The father of a teenage girl who missed her chance to get a liver transplant because of a delay in transporting her to a hospital in London says he hopes lessons can be learned from his daughter's misfortune.

AN investigation into the circumstances that led to a young girl being unable to fly to a London hospital for a liver transplant is expected to be completed in two to three weeks.

An inquiry has been ordered after a teenage girl missed out on a vital liver transplant in London because no aircraft could be sourced.

Fianna Fáil Defence Spokesperson Dara Calleary TD has called for a full investigation into the failures which led to 14-year-old Maedhbh McGivern missing a liver transplant at the weekend.

The full text of Taoiseach Brian Cowen's announcement at the Merrion Hotel in Dublin this afternoon:

Tributes are being paid to the former Attorney General Rory Brady, who has passed away.