Gillian Curtis spoke to Kfm on Friday morning's Kildare Today.
At the launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week, people are being urged to become organ donors.
People whose families have been affected by organ transplants were at today's campaign launch.
There are around 600 people on a waiting list for organ transplants including heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas.
Gillian Curtis who is originally from Athy, had a heart transplant in 2019.
Gillian spoke with Eoin Beatty on Friday morning's Kildare Today:

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