Antrim GAA Go Pink For #Donate4Dáithí
💛🤍 Official Antrim GAA GO PINK FOR DONATE4DÁITHÍ 💛 🤍 Our Antrim footballers have gone pink this week in preparation for their Ulster Senior Championship game V Armagh GAA. Antrim are hoping by doing...
Monthly Archive: June 2021
Opt-out organ donation in Northern Ireland a step closer ; Little Dáithi meets Michelle O’Neill, Paul Givan and Robin Swann
Paul Givan Michelle O’Neill and Robin Swann welcomed campaigners Dáithí, Máirtín and Seph Mac Gabhann to Stormont Castle after the Executive signed off the Health Minister’s proposed legislation on new soft opt-out organ donation legislation,...
#SoftOptOutNI gets Executive Approval
First Minister Paul Givan last night pledged his support to advancing legislation for soft opt-out organ donation in Northern Ireland. Tweeting the announcement, Mr Givan said he had “given approval for legislation from @RobinSwannMoH...
Donate4Dáithí campaign ‘delighted’ at change of heart on soft opt-out organ donation bill
The father of four-year-old in desperate need of a new heart is “absolutely delighted” the Northern Ireland Assembly will finally discuss soft opt-out organ donation. Health Minister Robin Swann revealed last night he was “pleased...
‘Emotional day’ as Stormont leaders back opt-out organ donation for NI
The father of a four-year-old boy who needs a new heart has hailed an “emotional day” after Stormont leaders agreed to progress a long-awaited law on opt-out organ donation in Northern Ireland. It was...
Organ donation opt-out laws to proceed after Stormont talks
Long-awaited laws on opt-out organ donation in Northern Ireland have been given approval to proceed after talks at Stormont. First Minister Paul Givan announced the decision on social media on Thursday. It followed talks...
Time running out to change NI organ donation rule, says dad of four-year-old who needs heart transplant
With less than a month to go before the Assembly goes into recess, Mairtin Mac Gabhann, whose son Daithi has been on the transplant waiting list for some time, said action is needed now...
Three years on the waiting list – Dáithí’s parents launch new transplant initiative
BALLYMURPHY’S Dáithí Mac Gabhann marked three years on the waiting list for the gift of a new heart on Tuesday by kickstarting a new organ donation awareness challenge. Dáithí was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart...
