Campaigners seek online registry for organ donors

Would-be organ donors should be able to use an online list to detail what they want offered for transplant on their death, experts have claimed.

Chiefs from Ireland’s top organ donation organisations also called for specialist staff to be appointed in hospitals to deal with families considering donating their loved one’s organs.

Irish Donor Network chief executive Philip Watts urged the Government to enact a “soft opt-out system” for donors and to introduce infrastructure to support this.