'Words not enough to thank Mam for kidney donation'

Neil Coleman's life was in grave danger when his one remaining kidney failed. His mother Marion didn't think twice about stepping forwards as a donor

Neil Coleman and his kidney donor mother Marion Coleman from Charleville, Cork. Pictures: Jimmy Coleman 

A Cork man who whose mother donated a kidney to him said words cannot express how grateful he is to her on Mother’s Day as his health continues to improve.

Neil Coleman, from Charleville, was already down to one kidney by the age of 25 following a childhood illness. So when, in the hours after his brother’s wedding, he suddenly developed “massive black bags” under his eyes, he quickly realised something could be wrong with his remaining kidney.