'My sister didn't just give me a kidney, she gave it to my husband and my children'

Amanda said the donation has brought a "new lease of life" to her family.

Frances O'Neill Ahern (kidney donor) with her sister (recipient) Amanda O'Neill-Coyne. Picture: Larry Cummins

A Cork mother who received the "best gift of all time” in the form of a kidney donation from her sister has said her entire family has been given a new lease of life. 

Frances 'Fra' O'Neill-Ahern donated her kidney to her sister, Amanda O'Neill-Coyne on December 14 at Beaumont Hospital, ending her older sister’s kidney function decline which had started 28 years previously.