Man’s organ donation benefits nine people

Nine people are to given a new lease of life following the death of a hugely-gifted musician and songwriter.

Taidhg Burke Neff, 32, will be cremated today, but his organs were donated since his death on Tuesday following injuries sustained in a weekend car accident in West Cork.

His mother, Sandie, said yesterday she had received the news nine people were recipients of his organs.

“I urge you all to get an organ donor card,” she said from her home at Moulakieve on the Mealagh Valley near Bantry. “It is such a wonderful comfort to know his heart now beats again and gives life to another soul who would have otherwise died.

“What a lucky person to receive that wonderful gift. The heart of such a great man.”

The death of Taidhg shocked the local community and the Irish music scene. A member of the Calvinists band, he was a songwriter and double bass player.

His mother said yesterday: “He would want us to be strong, and to remind us all that he really is only in the next room, filled with the most beautiful music.

“As a result of his own thoughtful generosity, I received the news nine people have been given a new lease to life. Isn’t that just wonderful?”