I gave my sister

Ahead of National Donor Day, Maggie Cotter explains how she’s had her life saved not once but twice…

Most expectant mums spend their entire pregnancy thinking about that magical moment when they’ll finally get to meet their baby for the first time. Who they’ll take after, what colour eyes and hair th

Staring at the single pink line on my pregnancy test, I wiped away a tear. Negative again. It was November 2017 and it was an all-too-familiar sight. My husband Sherry, then 32, and I had been trying

I’d always wanted a brother or a sister, but Mum’s revelation was the start of something far bigger.

When I was struck with one tragedy after another, there was someone very special next door to help me through.

Grabbing my hand, my husband Moustafa, then 27, smiled nervously as we returned our gaze to the screen. ‘Can you hear that?’ the sonographer asked and I listened to the thump-thump-thump coming from t