Six-year-old Dáithí granted freedom of Belfast

Máirtín Mac Gabhann with his six-year-old son Dáithí Mac Gabhann outside the Parliament Buildings in Stormont, ahead of the introduction of Daithi’s Law (Liam McBurney/PA)

Six-year-old Dáithí Mac Gabhann has been awarded the freedom of Belfast City following his family’s campaign for changes to organ donation laws.

The Organ and Tissue Donation (Deemed Consent) legislation, also called Dáithí’s Law after the Belfast boy, changes the way consent for donation is granted and came into effect on Thursday.