Mary Kennedy appeals to public to sign up as organ donors

Broadcaster Mary Kennedy has pleaded with the public to sign up as organ donors after witnessing at first hand the heartbreak and miraculous recoveries involved.

The RTÉ star issued the call after confirming she is taking up a voluntary ambassador’s role for the Irish Kidney Association’s annual Organ Donor Awareness campaign.

The week-long initiative, from March 29 to April 5, marks the 50th anniversary of the first organ transplant in this country in 1964.