NI family travel to Westminster as MPs set to back Dáithí’s Law

Dáithí MacGabhann and his father Mairtin MacGabhann outside the Houses of Parliament in London (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

The father of a Belfast boy who is waiting for a new heart has said it is an “emotional day” as MPs are set to back a new organ donation law for Northern Ireland.

The family of six-year-old Dáithí MacGabhann have travelled to Westminster to watch the regulations introduced by the British government clear their Commons stages.