The Irish Blood Transfusion Service has paid tribute to all 115 Donors who attended the recently held clinic in the Leisure Centre, Emyvale.
About 70,000 patients are transfused with blood each year in Irish Hospitals and to do this the service must collect approximately 3,000 donations of blood each and every week from voluntary donors.
As a result, Paul McKenna from Monaghan is calling on locals from across the region to get involved in next week's donation clinic which is taking place next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan Town.
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Our reporter Jodie Curran spoke with Paul earlier today man and began by asking him how he first got involved with donating blood:
