Family hope blood tests find match for relative in Australia

RELATIVES of an Irishman living in Australia are awaiting blood test analysis to see if they will be able to donate bone marrow tissue which could save his life.

John O’Neill, whose family came from Rosscarbery, Co Cork, has been diagnosed with leukaemia. He has endured five sessions of chemotherapy and two relapses in the past year and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.

John’s stepsister, Andrea, who lives in south Wales, said she was extremely grateful to all his relatives in Ireland who had volunteered to be tested for compatibility.