Veronica celebrates miracle of life

MIRACLES can often manifest themselves in ordinary ways.

For Veronica Doyle, Ireland’s first ever lung transplant patient, it is her newfound ability to perform simple, everyday tasks which appears miraculous.

Even being able to walk into a press conference at the Mater Hospital in Dublin yesterday to celebrate the success of her operation a fortnight ago is something the 56-year-old mother-of-three could not have done for the past decade without assistance.