'I wouldn’t be here without it': Baby's umbilical cord donation saved Emma's life

Emma Ward at her 21st birthday party. 'I was always interested in knowing about my condition when I was in the hospital and my parents would describe it as a blood condition.'

The donation of an umbilical cord from a baby boy was enough to save the life of one of the 410,000 people in Ireland living with a rare disease.

Without that act, disability activist Emma Ward said: "I wouldn’t be here without it."