Little Emily gets transplant thanks to kind-hearted neighbour

From malfunctioning landline to neighbourly lifeline - the story of 21-month-old Emily Byrne has as many twists as the cables in her local phone network.

Grappling with a highly unreliable landline, a cause of grave concern for the parents of a sick baby, Ann-Marie Byrne, Emily’s mother, spoke to the Irish Examiner in desperation in January 2018.