Twenty-two
year-old Co. Meath woman Rachel Eagleton won two gold medals on the
tennis court at the 5th European Transplant & Dialysis Games in
Wurzburg, Germany, yesterday. Having captured the singles title, Rachel later teamed up with Valerie Twomey to add the doubles to her collection.
A group of five athletes, plus the team physio, will make up a big Cork contingent representing Ireland at next week’s European Transplant & Dialysis Games, in Wurzburg, Germany – and their main mission is to spread the gospel of organ donation.
A Cork woman has told a major world conference how her life has “improved so much” since receiving a new kidney two years ago – and now she has urged members of the public to carry organ donor cards at all times.