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Organ donation: ‘I received a cadaver kidney 34 years ago and it is still going strong today’

By Erin McCaffertyIndependent.ie

The first time Paul Bryan (70) realised he had an issue with one of his kidneys was in 1981. The then 25-year-old sheet metal worker from Walkinstown, Dublin, was a promising football player with Crumlin GAA Club, and was playing a championship match when he …

Paul Bryan has battled kidney disease, lymphoma and heart attacks, but against the odds the cadaver kidney he received 34 years ago is still going strong The first time Paul Bryan (70) realised he h…