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Grateful transplant recipients, living kidney and liver donors and courageous families of deceased organ donors from Athlone and its immediate hinterland were numbered amongst those in attendance for the Irish Kidney Association 38th Annual Service of Remembrance & Thanksgiving in Mullingar recently.

Williamstown might have been asleep in the early hours of yesterday (Wednesday) morning but far away down under in Australia, kidney transplant recipient Teresa Smyth was battling it out in a world darts competition at the World Transplant Games.

The Board, Officers and Members of the Irish Kidney Association were deeply saddened to hear the news of the sudden passing of Angeline Cooke, from Maunsells Road, Galway, last week and they have extended their deepest sympathies to her family and friends. A founding member of the Association, Angeline underwent a kidney transplant in 1996. She enjoyed the successful longevity of this transplant for over 25 years before returning to dialysis treatment. Her gratitude to her deceased kidney donor was immense.

The Irish Kidney Association (IKA) has joined forces with a local heart and stroke charity to highlight the link between heart and kidney health.

An inspiring Galway grandmother who was recently widowed and who received a kidney transplant 22 years ago could be forgiven for putting up her feet and taking it easy, but that’s not the ethos of driven Teresa Smyth from Dunmore.

Athlone IT recruitment agency Solas IT Recruitment has raised €10,000 in donations to support the work of the Irish Kidney Association.

The Galway Green Party has selected its candidates to run in the next local election, which will take place in 2024.

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Drumraney native and single lung transplant recipent, Mary McGarry, was in attendance at the recent recording of the Irish Kidney Association’s 37th annual service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving which will be broadcast on RTE One and RTE Radio One Extra this Sunday, October 30, at 11am.

Athlone native, Lavinia Connell, and her partner, Jason Hassett, both of whom are members of the Irish Defence Forces, are hoping that their collective years of army experience will prove beneficial as they prepare to ascend the world’s tallest freestanding mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro.