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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 welcomed the publication of preliminary organ donation and transplantation figures for 2022 by the HSE’s Organ Donation Transplant Ireland office.

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.

Organ donor families and grateful transplant recipients from around the country are supporting the Organ Donor Awareness Week 2022 campaign which will take place from April 23 to 30 and is organised by the Irish Kidney Association in association with the HSE’s Organ Donation Transplant Ireland.

The Galway branch of Irish Kidney Association’s largest annual fundraiser is the sale of forget-me-nots during Organ Donor Awareness Week, when volunteers take to the streets of Galway city and county. With the event now postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisation is asking people to donate online.