Cork kidney recipient 'couldn't be more thankful' to donor after long-awaited surgery

'I’m proud of myself for getting through it but, at the same time, I didn’t have a choice,' 16-year-old Kieran Harkins told the 'Irish Examiner'

Kieran Harkins and mum Ger 'will forever be grateful' to the organ donor for giving Kieran back his life. Picture: David Creedon

A 16-year-old boy who underwent a long-awaited kidney transplant has said he is forever grateful to his organ donor's family for giving him his life back.

Kieran Harkins spent eight months on the waiting list before having surgery recently in Dublin's Beaumont Hospital.