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The Latest Breaking News from Daithi MacGabhann

MPs back Daithi’s Law on organ donation

The six-year-old Belfast boy travelled to Westminster to watch as the regulations were approved in the Commons

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland family travel to Westminster as MPs set to back Daithi’s Law

Mairtin MacGabhann, father of six-year-old Daithi – who is waiting for a heart transplant – said it was ‘an emotional day’.

The Independent UK

Commons to pass ‘Daithi’s Law’ bill and delay NI assembly election

The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill is expected to move through all stages in the House of Commons on Wednesday

The Independent UK

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Daithi's Law and Stormont election delay set to go through Commons

"This Bill creates the time and space needed to focus attention on restoring Stormont"

Belfast Live

Bill to delay Assembly election and progress ‘Daithi’s Law’ to pass Commons

The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill is expected to move through all stages in the House of Commons on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Government moves to introduce NI organ donation law at Westminster

The regulations cannot progress at the Assembly due to the political impasse at Stormont.

The Independent UK

Daithi's Law: Government moves to pass stalled organ donation law for NI

"I would like to reiterate that, if the amendment is selected, the UK Government's intervention here is exceptional."

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Protocol deal must address ‘democratic deficit’ in NI, DUP MP insists

Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill said the DUP had to stop holding people in Northern Ireland ‘to ransom’.

The Independent UK

Bid to restore Stormont to pass organ donation law ends in failure

The DUP again blocked the attempt to reconvene Northern Ireland’s powersharing legislature.

The Independent UK

MLAs to return to Stormont in doomed bid to pass organ donation law

The DUP has said it will continue to block the election of a speaker at Stormont as part of its protest against the NI Protocol.

The Independent UK

Bid to pass organ donation law at Westminster ‘highly unlikely’ to succeed

The Executive Formation Bill is scheduled to be brought before Westminster later this month.

The Independent UK

Stormont parties urged to work together to pass regulations for Daithi’s Law

However the DUP has claimed another Assembly recall is about ‘stunt politics’.

The Independent UK

DUP will not drop block on Stormont Assembly sitting over organ donation law

MLAs have been recalled to Stormont next Tuesday in an attempt to elect a Speaker and debate the implementation of the legislation.

The Independent UK

RMT strikes to continue, says Mick Lynch, after members reject ‘dreadful’ pay offers – as it happened

RMT general secretary says members could not accept offer he says would make railways less safe

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The Independent UK

DUP under mounting pressure to drop Assembly veto to let organ donor law pass

The case of six-year-old Daithi MacGabhann, who is waiting a heart transplant, has become the focus of the political debate on the Stormont impasse.

Belfast Live

Daithi to undergo heart operation after inspiring overhaul of NI organ donation law

His family has tirelessly campaigned for the legislation on organ donation to be changed to an opt-out system

The Independent UK

Boy who inspired overhaul of NI organ donation law set for heart operation

Daithi MacGabhann is being flown to Newcastle by the Northern Ireland Fixed Wing Air Ambulance for a cardiac procedure.

Belfast Live

Rishi Sunak asked to help in urgent implementation of Daithi’s Law

"Daithi still remains stable, but we are on our way to Newcastle today for Daithi to undergo a cardiac procedure to give us more answers"

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The Independent UK

PM pressed for urgent implementation of Daithi’s Law on organ donation

The opt-out donation system was passed by Stormont last year, but the secondary legislation required to implement it.

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland organ donation law: Daithi MacGabhann family may take legal action

"We were at the funeral of a young boy last week who died of the same condition as Daithi, time is not on our side, we don’t have the time"

The Independent UK

Daithi’s family ‘disappointed and angry’ after meeting over organ law delay

Mairtin MacGabhann said he would consider legal action over delays to the implementation of organ donation laws in Northern Ireland.

The Independent UK

NI Secretary pledges to ‘explore possible avenues’ to enact organ donations laws

Chris Heaton-Harris was meeting with six-year-old Daithi MacGabhann, who is on the transplant waiting list, and his parents on Wednesday.

Belfast Live

Organ donation: Delay in introducing Daithi's Law branded "unacceptable"

Daithi's father Mairtin MacGabhann said the delay in the legislation was "devastating"

The Independent UK

Stormont organ donation laws to be named for boy on waiting list for new heart

Daithi Mac Gabhann, from Belfast, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and has been on a waiting list for most of his life.

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