Daithi MacGabhann

Young west Belfast boy and transplant campaigner Dáithí MacGabhann has welcomed the birth of baby twin brothers.

The six-year-old, on waiting list since 2018, was temporarily removed from the list as transplant surgery deemed too risky at this time

The family of west Belfast boy Dáithí Mac Gabhann have said the youngster who helped change the north's organ donation law is to undergo surgery this week amid hopes he will be placed back on the heart transplant waiting list.

The six-year-old has been taken off the transplant waiting list as he needs another operation

Patty Gilbert from Moira received a kidney from a deceased donor in England

Dáithí Mac Gabhann (6) is being recognised for his work to change the law on organ donation and to raise awareness

THE father of Dáithí Mac Gabhann has spoken of the hurtful impact of receiving sectarian hate mail in the post.

The beaming smiles from Dáithí Mac Gabhann and his family said it all at Westminster on Wednesday as MPs officially backed a new organ donation law for Northern Ireland.

THE joy on Dáithí Mac Gabhann's face after hearing that the British government would step in to ensure the law on organ donation in Northern Ireland is changed said everything about the issues at stake.

THERE is a certain irony in the fact that DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, in a letter to party members ahead of yet another Assembly recall, wrote that because "Westminster is sovereign" it – and not Stormont – was the correct place to implement the stalled Dáithí's Law.