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Belfast boy receives heart transplant after eight-year wait

Published 21 July 2026

A nine-year-old Belfast boy whose campaign to change organ donation laws in Northern Ireland led to the introduction of "Dáithí's Law" has received a heart transplant after an eight-year wait that his family described as the longest of any child in the world.

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