'It's a lot like donating blood': Breast milk donation a vital lifeline

Nine-month-old Finlay Burke with breast milk donated by his mother Kate Hennessy. Pictures: Brendan Gleeson

Ireland’s only human milk bank has made a fresh appeal for donor mums to help sick and premature babies, and even newborns whose mums have tragically died.

Staff at the Western Trust’s Human Milk Bank in Fermanagh are hoping to increase the number of breast milk donors, particularly in the Southern region.