Organ donation audit found 'missed opportunities for donation' 

Dr Catherine Motherway, clinical lead for Organ Donation Transplant Ireland. Picture: Ray Ryan

An audit of organ donation in Irish hospitals found “missed opportunities” to carry out the life-saving act and has recommended changes to increase the number of donations in hospitals.

The audit, carried out over five months between November 2022 and February of this year, found 10% of the 231 people who died in intensive care units in that time were eligible to donate organs. This percentage is in line with international experience.