Sports stars line out in blood appeal

LITTLE Eoghan O’Sullivan was the picture of health when he lined out with Ireland’s rugby heroes at Lansdowne Road in Dublin yesterday.

The two-and-a-half-year-old from Carlow only recently underwent an organ transplant and needed a number of blood transfusions during his operation. Eoghan yesterday teamed up with Victor Costello, Garvan Dempsey and Keith Gleeson of the Irish World Cup rugby squad to kick off the Irish Blood Transfusion Service's Blood for Life Week.

This year, in keeping with the blood bank's theme of 'Be a Sport Give Blood', the Irish rugby squad have given their support in advance of their final warm up this weekend before the World Cup.