Organ donor plan for EU

THE generosity of an Irish family who donated the organs of their 30-year-old son helped to highlight the need for an EU-wide organ donor system in the European Parliament.

James Sullivan worked as an assistant to MEP Mairead McGuinness but died following a tragic accident in Brussels earlier this year.

“On the day of his accident, he had a conversation in the office on the subject of organ donation and said that he would be prepared to donate his organs in the event of his death. It was a hypothetical conversation. Sadly within hours James had an accident, which left him on life support, and two days later he passed away.