Transplant Team Ireland

Have you spotted the volunteers out and about today? Don't be shy, stop and say hi! 👋💜

If you haven't, you can still donate by buying a virtual Forget-Me-Not here:

Forget-Me-Not Garden Support the Irish Kidney Association this World Kidney Day by dedicating a flower in our Forget-Me-Not Garden. Choose your flower, add your own special message and photograph if you wish. You can share the garden with your friends and family and together we can make the garden bloom. Thank you

One for the heart or lung transplant recipients. Can you help? You can contact Cheyenne directly via the details on the poster.

FACES OF THE GAMES ⛷🥌🏂

Representing Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

We’re excited to welcome the Herlihy family to the 12th edition of the Winter Games in Bormio! This year, Luke a kidney recipient and his dad Shane, his living donor are joined by brothers Sam & Alex. It’s a family World Transplant Games this year!

Good Luck Team Ireland Transplant Team Ireland


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ANED Sport - Nazionale Italiana Trapiantati e Dializzati

A huge congratulations to the Herlihy family who represented Ireland at this week's World Transplant Winter Games in Bormio, Italy and thank you to ANED onlus for being such great hosts. The medal haul was 2 🥇 3 🥈 4 🥉. Great work by Luke (kidney transplant recipient), Shane (Luke's Dad and kidney donor) and Luke's two brothers Sam and Alex.

We support

Women in Sport Week Find out what's happening this Women in Sport Week! March 4th - 10th 2024

The Kidney Beam app is available to kidney patients, and their families, in Ireland thanks to the generosity of the Punchestown Kidney Research Fund.

Kidney Beam app significantly improves quality-of-life - Medical Independent The benefits of the newly developed Kidney Beam app were highlighted at the Irish Nephrology Society Winter Meeting 2024...

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Press release: The Dáil Passed The Human Tissue Bill On Wednesday, 21 February, Which Will Now Go To The President To Be Signed Into Law.

Read more: https://ika.ie/2024/02/the-dail-passed-the-human-tissue-bill-which-will-now-go-to-the-president-to-be-signed-into-law/

Don't forget to follow the Official World Transplant Winter Games account and keep up to date with everything .
There will not be livestreaming of the Winter Games, so be weary of fake accounts and false comments on Facebook saying otherwise.

📣📣📣 Wow!!! 21 countries are participating in the epic event ⛷🥌🏂
Who will you be supporting?

We can't wait to see you in Bormio 👀


World Transplant Games Federation
ANED Sport - Nazionale Italiana Trapiantati e Dializzati

A fantastic sport for all ages. It is played at the European Transplant Sports Championships and the Official World Transplant Games.

visit https://www.irishpetanque.org/clubs to find a club near you.

The Irish Kidney Association is hosting an online meeting at 7pm on Monday January 29th and you are invited. We will be discussing the following: This year’s European Transplant Sports Championships (Lisbon, Portugal (July 21st-28th) How you can take part in this year’s European Transplant Sports Championships in Lisbon – There are skill-based sports as well as physical sports so there is something for everyone....

Zoom Meeting for all team members The Irish Kidney Association is hosting an online meeting at 7pm on Monday January 29th and you are invited. We will be discussing the following: This year’s European Transplant Sports Championship…

Wishing all our members and supporters a Happy and Healthy 2024!

As we head into a New Year, we'd like to send our sincere thanks to the Transplant and Dialysis Athletes who represented Ireland at home and abroad this year 💜 thanks to you, we were able to show how Organ Donation tranforms lives. Thanks a million!

You can read the latest World Transplant Games Federation journal by clicking on the image below.

Latest WTGF Journal You can read the latest World Transplant Games Federation journal by clicking on the image below.

"With the profile I've got, I just felt like it was important, and if I can help just one person with raising this awareness then it's worth it," he said.

Australia's Green suffering from chronic kidney disease Australia all-rounder Cameron Green reveals he has chronic kidney disease.

Register Now for the 12th World Transplant Winter Games 2024 in Bormio, Italy! Get ready for an extraordinary experience at the 12th World Transplant Winter Games in Bormio, Italy! As the anticipation for the Winter Games grows and a new year starts to unfold, we extend a warm invitation to transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, and supporters worldwide to join us in this celebration of life, winter sports competition and support for organ and tissue donation....

Winter World Transplant Games Register Now for the 12th World Transplant Winter Games 2024 in Bormio, Italy! Get ready for an extraordinary experience at the 12th World Transplant Winter Games in Bormio, Italy!As the anti…

Team member Matthew McNeive... "Matthew has a small request that people make their wishes around organ donation known to their families when they are home this Christmas." wwe.ika.ie/get-a-donor-card

Organ donor who gave my mother a lung saved her life – and in a way, saved mine too Fourteen years ago my family was blessed with the incredible generosity of an organ donor. My mother received a life-saving lung transplant.

A wonderful gesture by team member, Ron Grainger. Click on the image below to read an interview Ron did for the Tallaght University Hospital website.

“Flying Doctor Praises the Care he Received at TUH” A wonderful gesture by team member, Ron Grainger. Click on the image below to read an interview Ron did for the Tallaght University Hospital website.

Well done to all - Nice shirt Bryan!

The half marathon was a great run out for the legs for an end of season 21.1km chat in great company. A fab route, even the weather was kind to us 🙌🏻. Well done everybody 🤩
shirt proudly modeled on the route by

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The WTGF Research Initiative team are pleased to announce our next webinar presented by Abbie E Greig, PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK

Topic: 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙: 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙨

🗓️ Tuesday, 28 November
⏰ Starts 13h00 UTC
📍 Live on Zoom
🔗 Follow link for more info and to register: https://bit.ly/3Nz5bnv

Bormio is coming... Are you going? Contact [email protected] for more.

📣 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡!!

It is with great pleasure that Dr. Giuseppe Vanacore, President of ANED, and Liz Schick, President of WTGF, announce the opening of Registrations for the 12th World Transplant Winter Games in Bormio, Italy, scheduled from March 3 to 8, 2024.

The welcomes transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, supporters, spectators and volunteers from around the world to experience a week of celebration, camaraderie and winter sports competition! ❄️🙌🏅💚

We're really looking forward to meeting our winter sports enthusiasts again...Come and join us in Bormio, Italy 🇮🇹

👉 To find out more and to Register - click here: https://bit.ly/3RW9YnA

ANED Sport - Nazionale Italiana Trapiantati e Dializzati

We are thrilled to be hosting an information session on Thursday 5th October about Kidney Beam - an exciting tool that has been funded by the Punchestown Kidney Research Fund (PKRF) so that it is free for Irish kidney patients to access!

Speaking at the session will be Mel Bennardo from Kidney Beam, Consultant Nephrologist Dr Claire Kennedy, and James Nolan, founder of PKRF and long-time team member of Transplant Team Ireland.

To register for this information session, visit: www.ika.ie/kidneybeam

This if you would like to get more physically active but are not sure where to start, go to gov.ie/healthyireland for some tips to get you going 🏃

Or check out your local sports partnership to see what activities are available in your area ⚽🚲🧘
Sport Ireland

VERY excited to announce that the European Transplant Sports Championships will be held in Lisbon, Portugal from July 21st to July 28th 2024. Hosted by our friends in GDTP - Grupo Desportivo de Transplantados de Portugal the event will bring together the Championships of the European Heart and Lung Transplant Federation and the European Transplant & Dialysis Sports Federation. Open to people on dialysis and transplant recipients. More information will be released soon!

Exciting news!

We are VERY excited to announce that the European Transplant Sports Championships will be held in Lisbon, Portugal from July 21st to July 28th 2024. Hosted by our friends in GDTP - Grupo Desportivo de Transplantados de Portugal the event will bring together the Championships of the European Heart and Lung Transplant Federation and the European Transplant & Dialysis Sports Federation. Open to people on dialysis and transplant recipients. More information will be released soon!

A free event coming up.

The Permanent TSB Sanctuary Run - Buy Tickets A free 5km run or walk celebrating diversity and inclusion in Ireland hosted by Sanctuary Runners.