'You are never too old for a transplant' says Corkman who got  a 'new lease of life' at 77

'I just can’t get over how healthy I am now,' says Donal O'Flynn, one of the recipients marking Organ Donor Awareness Week

Organ recipient Donal O'Flynn, pictured at CUH during Organ Donor Awareness Week, urges others to never give up, saying 'you are never too old for a transplant'. Picture: Denis Minihane

Donal O’Flynn’s kidney transplant four years ago gave the 77-year-old a “new lease of life”, following nine years travelling to Cork University Hospital (CUH) from his home in Ovens, Co Cork, for dialysis.

“I just can’t get over how healthy I am now," he said. "It is such a gift. I put in a full day’s work, I’m always doing something at home, building or knocking down walls.