Protestors demand action on transplant case

More than 5,000 protesters took to the streets today in a last-ditch appeal to the Government to cut through the red tape they claim is preventing an urgent lung transplant in the UK.

Supporters of Cystic Fibrosis sufferer Billy Burke brought his home town of Killorglin, Co Kerry, to a standstill as they called on health minister Micheál Martin to intervene in his case and make donated Irish lungs available for a life-saving operation.