Dublin People

Monday, April 22, 2013 12:00

Father’s transplant sacrifice for brave daughter

• Pictured at the launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week, which took place recently, was broadcaster Joe Duffy, with Megan Carter (13), her Mam and Dad, Carol and Eddie, and brother Sean (8). PHOTO: CONOR McCABE PHOTOGRAPHY

A NORTHSIDE father is to swap one of his kidneys to help his daughter who desperately needs a transplant. Eddie Carter, from Coolock, will make the sacrifice for his daughter Megan (13) after they were accepted onto a programme in the UK. More...

Monday, April 22, 2013 12:00

Call for action as pet gangs strike

A NEW campaign is calling for the introduction of a cruelty to animals offenders’ register to name and shame thieves and torturers. Fears are growing on the Southside that the number of incidents of cruelty and torture - and in particular, cases of animals being stolen to order - are increasing. More...

Monday, April 22, 2013 12:00

‘If I could give her my ears I would’

LORRAINE MURPHY, from Swords, is the mother of a young deaf child who successfully received a cochlear implant two years ago. However, the gift of sound was abruptly taken from her little girl last week when the cochlear implant failed. More...

Monday, April 22, 2013 12:00

Parents hope that Katie will walk after US operation

A DUBLIN couple has issued a heartfelt appeal for help in sending their six-year-old daughter to the US where she can learn how to walk. Little Katie Byrne has cerebral palsy and cannot walk independently. However, she has been accepted for an operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) that a hospital in America specialises in. More...

Monday, April 22, 2013 12:00

Concern over property tax estimates

FEARS are growing that many local homeowners will overpay the new Local Property Tax by hundreds of euro due to receiving estimated valuations from Revenue that far exceed what their home is worth. Revenue has stated that their estimate is not a demand. More...