Blood supply ‘comfortable’ as donations increase by 3,000

BLOOD donations increased by 3,100 last year, the equivalent of a week’s blood supply, figures show.

The increase meant that the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) was able to maintain the blood supply “comfortably” throughout the year.

The blood bank’s annual report for 2008 shows that more than half of the 155,082 blood donors were men.