Campaigning family hails ’emotional day’ over NI organ donation law

Four-year-old Daithi MacGabhann with his parents Mairtin and Seph at Stormont. Picture: PA

The father of a four-year-old boy who needs a new heart has hailed an “emotional day” after Stormont leaders agreed to progress a long-awaited law on opt-out organ donation in Northern Ireland.

It was announced the legislation had been given approval to proceed by the Executive on Thursday by way of urgent procedure to the Northern Ireland Assembly.