This man donated his kidney to his father

It is a long way to Tipperary when your ailing father needs a kidney transplant so Darren Martin decided against going to Austria to pursue a master’s degree in German so he could perform the ultimate altruistic deed.

Darren, 25, from Templederry, Co Tipperary, stayed at home so he could be tested to see if he could donate one of his kidneys to his father Liam. Their living donor transplant took place on April 13 last year.

“I was worried about my father as his health had been declining,” said Darren, who works in commercial finance with the Kerry Group at its Naas office in Co Kildare.