CF campaigner Orla Tinsley undergoes double lung transplant

Well-wishers have been sending their thoughts across the Atlantic for cystic fibrosis campaigner Orla Tinsley who had a long-awaited double lung transplant in New York on Wednesday night.

The news that the operation went ahead for the 30-year-old Co Kildare writer emerged yesterday.

She previously had six calls about potential matching donors but the transplants did not proceed. She had been on life support at New York Presbyterian Hospital for several days.