P
Peter Conlon
1
APPEARANCES
1
PODCASTS
012
DEC 30
JAN 6
JAN 13
JAN 20
JAN 27
FEB 3
FEB 10
FEB 17
FEB 24
MAR 3
MAR 10
MAR 17
MAR 24
MAR 31
APR 7
APR 14
APR 21
APR 28
MAY 5
MAY 12
MAY 19
MAY 26
JUN 2
JUN 9
JUN 16
JUN 23
JUN 30
JUL 7
JUL 14
JUL 21
JUL 28
AUG 4
AUG 11
AUG 18
AUG 25
SEP 1
SEP 8
SEP 15
SEP 22
SEP 29
OCT 6
OCT 13
OCT 20
OCT 27
NOV 3
NOV 10
NOV 17
NOV 24
DEC 1
DEC 8
DEC 15
DEC 22
DEC 29
JAN 5
JAN 12
JAN 19
JAN 26
FEB 2
FEB 9
FEB 16
FEB 23
MAR 2
MAR 9
MAR 16
MAR 23
MAR 30
APR 6
APR 13
APR 20
APR 27
MAY 4
MAY 11
MAY 18
MAY 25
JUN 1
JUN 8
JUN 15
JUN 22
JUN 29
JUL 6
JUL 13
JUL 20
JUL 27
AUG 3
AUG 10
AUG 17
AUG 24
AUG 31
SEP 7
SEP 14
SEP 21
SEP 28
OCT 5
OCT 12
OCT 19
OCT 26
NOV 2
Sep 10, 2026
How organ donation works
3:35
3:55
4:04
4:10
4:21

Peter ConlonGUEST
So when you are changing your driver's license the next time, you can tick a box and then, or you can get a, a donor card in the pharmacies or from the Irish Kidney Association, and the value of that is you're not able to make your wishes known when you're unconscious in a vent- on a, on a ventilator.

Peter ConlonGUEST
So if you have that on your license or you're carrying a donor card, the donor coordinators will say to your family, "Well, we found this in his wallet.

Peter ConlonGUEST
He wanted to be a donor." It is still going to be your nearest and dearest's final say.

Peter ConlonGUEST
So if your mother or your wife or your loved one says, "No, definitely, we definitely won't do that," we're not gonna have a fight with anybody.

Peter ConlonGUEST
So this is why it's really important that you should let your wishes be known, and you can do that by, over Sunday dinner or Christmas dinner or whatever, to say to your family, "Well, when I'm dead, my organs, being buried are no use to anybody, but my organs can go in and transform the lives of nine people." So you can have, you can donate your corneas, your heart valves, your heart, both your lungs, your liver can go to two people, both your kidneys, your, uh, pancreas, and then there's various tissues that can be used.