The Health Minister will launch Organ Donor Awareness Week today.
Leo Varadkar will be promoting the awareness campaign by the Irish Kidney Association, which runs from the 28th of March until the 4th of April.
This afternoon's event, in the Mansion House in Dublin, will also be attended by people who are awaiting transplants as well as those who have already received organ donations.
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People are being encouraged to sign up for an organ donor card on their smartphone or through their local pharmacy.
Chief Executive of the Irish Kidney Association Mark Murphy, explains the conditions for being an organ donor:
