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Five-year-old kidney transplant recipient Liam O’Connor, right, and his twin brother Daniel from Artane, Dublin, at the national launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2023. Launched by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly at the Mansion House, Dublin, and organised by the Irish Kidney Association in association with the HSE’s Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland, this year’s campaign takes place from May 20 to May 27. www.ika.ie/donorweek Picture: Andres Poveda

A five-year-old boy, a music festival promoter, and the heartbroken but proud mother of an organ donor were among those helping to launch Organ Donor Awareness Week.

The event, organised by the Irish Kidney Association in association with the HSE’s Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland, heard that organ donation gives life.