Transplant girl's father urges protocol review

The father of a Leitrim teenager who missed out on a liver transplant because of problems in getting to London, has described the moment he got the call telling them the organ would be given to someone else.

The father of a teenager who missed out on a liver transplant over the weekend, due to a delay in getting her to London, says there needs to be a review of protocol, to ensure a situation like this never happens again.

Maeve McGivern, 14, from Ballinamore in Co Leitrim has been on a waiting list for a transplant for 11 months, and was classified as a high priority nine weeks ago.