Category: Daithi’s Law

British Government Moves to Pass Stalled Northern Ireland Organ Law After Brexit Fallout

The British government will move to pass a stalled organ donation law in Northern Ireland that was halted over post-Brexit political rows. On Monday, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris confirmed he will table an amendment to scheduled legislation set to go through Parliament that would aim to incorporate the organ law. Political stalemate over the…


Transplant Law Becomes Touchstone in N Ireland Post-Brexit Debate

A change in law inspired by the plight of a six-year-old heart transplant patient has become a touchstone issue in political debate surrounding post-Brexit Northern Ireland. Belfast schoolboy Dáithí Mac Gabhann, who has been waiting on a new heart for five years, became the name and face of his parents’ successful campaign to increase the number…