The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is supporting the Irish Kidney Association (IKA) in encouraging road users to register as organ donors (should they so wish) ahead of this year’s Organ…
Ireland has made huge strides in organ donation and transplantation since it began here 60 years ago when the first kidney transplant was performed. The official launch of Organ Donor…
Fourteen Irish transplant recipients will travel to Perth, Australia next month to represent Ireland at the World Transplant Games (15-21April). This follows a four-year hiatus for the biennial World Transplant…
The Irish Kidney Association (IKA) and the National Renal Office (NRO), together with the Irish Heart Foundation and Croí Heart and Stroke Charity, are joining forces for a campaign to raise awareness about the close link between Heart Disease…
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Just five weeks after receiving her kidney transplant in October, made possible by the selflessness of the family of a deceased donor, an emergency nurse saved the life of her…
Family consent still required under proposed new legislation. The Irish Kidney Association has been raising awareness of organ donation for transplantation for over 40 years now and is part-funded by…
Army Sergeant Lavinia Connell, from Glynwood, Athlone, along with her partner, Company Sergeant Jason Hassett, from Boherlahan in Tipperary, are hoping their army training will stand to them as they…
The Irish Kidney Association (IKA) is delighted to have been awarded a major grant from the HRCI/HRB Joint Funding Scheme towards research into ‘patient reported outcomes’ for patients with rare…
Irish Kidney Association statement on the need for reliable affordable electricity supply for Home Dialysis patients Dialysis treatment is a part-time life support system which cannot be avoided when people…
