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Father gets to spend Christmas Day with children thanks to kidney transplant

PRESS RELEASE                                                                   22 December 2025 Father gets to spend Christmas Day with children thanks to kidney transplant This Christmas will be a profoundly different one for a young family in Cork, as a 35-year-old father of two young children, is…

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Stephen Rubotham | Dublin Marathon | Irish Kidney Association

Stephen Rubotham

Stephen Rubotham, from Co. Kildare, is running the Dublin Marathon in honour of his wife, whose bravery and resilience continue to inspire all who know her. Diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, Stephen’s wife, Niamh, went into kidney failure in 2024.…

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Kevin Kilbride | Dublin Marathon | Irish Kidney Association

Kevin Kilbride

Kevin Kilbride, from Co. Longford, in running the Dublin Marathon in memory of his father who passed away in 2024. Kevin’s father, Joe, was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in the early 1990s, which led to a gradual decline in…

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Robbie England | Dublin Marathon | Irish Kidney Association

Robbie England

Robbie England, from Co. Kildare, was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease in 2005 at the age of 20. After his kidney function declined, he began dialysis in 2019, and underwent nighttime dialysis for three years until he received the ultimate…

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