THE husband of a Falcarragh woman who underwent a kidney transplant which changed her life, will next Wednesday begin a 240 km cycle across Ireland, while towing a dialysis machine, to raise money for the Irish Kidney Association. Peter Conboy from Ballygar in County Galway is married to Liz Ferry who developed chronic kidney disease […]
Young woman highlights importance of organ donation
ELIZABETH Ferry was a 14-year-old student in Errigal College when she was diagnosed with ESKD (End Stage Kidney Disease). The shock diagnosis of kidney failure catapulted the young teenager’s life and that of her family into a world of uncertainty around her health. Six months of dialysis, six nights a week for 11 hours each […]
Family on the run: ‘Dillon 7 Dublin 2017’
The Olympic Games creed was front and centre in the minds of seven Letterkenny siblings who completed the Dublin City Marathon on Sunday.
Real marathon effort from members of one Donegal family
The Dillon family will be raising money for the Irish Kidney Association, an organisation that has supported and helped their father, Jimmy.
Magnificent seven: Donegal siblings in marathon effort
The Dillon family from Letterkenny will be raising money for the Irish Kidney Association, an organisation that has supported and helped their father
Why me, asked young Ramelton man on the morning he went blind
A week before his wedding, a young Donegal man was informed that his kidney function was failing and that he would have to go on dialysis.