Transplant delay - Leaving Billy in limbo unforgivable

THE harrowing case of Billy Burke is not going to go away. Proof, if it were needed, of that fact was amply demonstrated on the streets of Killorglin yesterday.

In a rare outpouring of public anger, the town literally ground to a halt as 5,000 people marched in protest over the refusal of Newcastle hospital in England to perform a life-saving operation on the 29-year-old Kerryman.

The rguably, the Irish Government must also bear a large measure of responsibility over its delay in providing a dedicated transplant unit here.