Organ donation: Change to Northern Ireland law passes final hurdle

Campaigners have welcomed the "life-saving" legislation to bring opt-out organ donation to Northern Ireland.

The legislation, which will align Northern Ireland with the rest of the UK, passed its final stage in the assembly on Tuesday. It means people will automatically become donors unless they specifically state otherwise.

Máirtín MacGabhann, whose son Dáithí is waiting on a heart transplant, said it was "phenomenal".

The bill is to be known as 'Dáithí's Law' after the five-year-old whose family have campaigned for the law change.

Mr MacGabhann said it was an emotional day for them.

He told BBC NI's Evening Extra programme: "The most important thing, regardless of the name, is that it's passed its final stage and that life-saving legislation will go through."

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Source: BBC News, 9 February 2022