Matching donor for ill Irishman found in the US

AN ELEVENTH hour bone-marrow transplant may save the life of an Irishman who has been at death’s door for several weeks.

Extraordinarily, the donor was not one of John O’Neill’s dozen or so cousins but an unknown American who was considered by doctors to be an even closer match.

Mr O’Neill, who lives in Australia, had the transplant five days ago following more than a year of chronic illness caused by leukaemia.