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Dublin Marathon 2014
*** NO REPRODUCTION FEE **** DUBLIN : 27/10/2014 : Helping to raise awareness about the success of organ donation was Pól MacConleitreach from Randalstown in Antrim. By taking part Dublin City Marathon 2014 Pól will have clocked up a staggering 26 marathons since receiving a kidney transplant last year. Pól and his wife Catherine were involved in a paired exchange kidney transplant in the UK in February 2013. The process involved Catherine, who was not a suitable donor for Pól, donating a kidney to a stranger and Pól received a kidney from an unknown donor in return. For an organ donor card Freetext the word DONOR to 50050 or visit website www.ika.ie It is also possible to download an organ donor card on smartphones by searching for ‘Donor ECard’ at the iphone store or Google Play Store. Your wishes to be an organ donor can also be included on the new format driving licence which is represented by Code 115. Picture Conor McCabe Photography.
MEDIA CONTACT : Gwen O’Donoghue, Publicity, IKA. mob. 086 8241447 email. gwenodonoghue1@gmail.com
Dublin Marathon 2014
*** NO REPRODUCTION FEE **** DUBLIN : 27/10/2014 : Helping to raise awareness about the success of organ donation was Pól MacConleitreach from Randalstown in Antrim. By taking part Dublin City Marathon 2014 Pól will have clocked up a staggering 26 marathons since receiving a kidney transplant last year. Pól and his wife Catherine were involved in a paired exchange kidney transplant in the UK in February 2013. The process involved Catherine, who was not a suitable donor for Pól, donating a kidney to a stranger and Pól received a kidney from an unknown donor in return. For an organ donor card Freetext the word DONOR to 50050 or visit website www.ika.ie It is also possible to download an organ donor card on smartphones by searching for ‘Donor ECard’ at the iphone store or Google Play Store. Your wishes to be an organ donor can also be included on the new format driving licence which is represented by Code 115. Picture Conor McCabe Photography.
MEDIA CONTACT : Gwen O’Donoghue, Publicity, IKA. mob. 086 8241447 email. gwenodonoghue1@gmail.com