Rural Life
Sheep farmer's Cycle of Life with dialysis machine in tow
A Co. Galway sheep farmer has got on his bike for a ‘Cycle of Life’ with a dialysis machine in...
Transplant
Rural Life
Wexford dairy farmer undergoes double lung transplant
Dairy farmer, Ciarán McDonald played sport while spending long hours on his 350-stock farm, but little did he think he...
Rural Life
Farmer to donate proceeds of Angus bullock sale to Dublin hospital
A Co. Clare farmer who underwent a heart transplant in Dublin’s Mater Hospital will donate the proceeds of the sale...
Rural Life
Pig kidney working for over 30 days in human body after transplant
A genetically engineered pig kidney transplanted into a man declared brain-dead continued to “function well” after 32 days, US surgeons...
Rural Life
Suckler farmer appointed Irish Kidney Association chair
A suckler farmer from Co. Westmeath has recently been appointed as the new national honorary chairperson of the Irish Kidney...
Other
Man who had first pig heart transplant dies
David Bennett, the first person to have had pig heart transplant surgery died yesterday afternoon (March 8), the University of...
Rural Life
Pig heart successfully used for first time in human transplant
A genetically-modified pig heart has been successfully used for the first time in a human transplant surgery in the United...