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Joe Brolly devastated by failure of kidney transplant to friend

Updated: Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012 14:47

Joe Brolly: &amp;quot;There was no rejection as we understand it. It was all the more agonising for that.&amp;quot;
Joe Brolly: "There was no rejection as we understand it. It was all the more agonising for that."

All-Ireland-winning footballer and RTÉ analyst Joe Brolly has spoken of the devastation he suffered on hearing his kidney donation to a friend had failed.

The 43-year-old barrister from Derry told RTÉ News at One it was an agonising time but he "would do it all again tomorrow if he could".

The organ that was transplanted to Shane Finnegan last month stopped working when complications were discovered nine days after the major operation.

Brolly said Shane's wife called in the middle of the night to tell him the operation had failed. He said despite claims Shane's body had rejected the organ, the kidney was in fact starved of oxygen because of a blood clot.

"There was obviously deep disappointment," he said. "The kidney that had been working perfectly had to be taken out. There was no rejection as we understand it. It was all the more agonising for that.

Brolly said he "would be trying to get on", adding that he has started back running and hoped to return to work next month.

"But for Shane it's different" he said. "Because the stakes are very high, it wasn't really the sort of game you could afford to lose. For Shane, it was obviously was a hammer blow.

"The clock is ticking and he needs a kidney from a live donor urgently. He is very weak, he has lost a few stone and is very frail but mentally he is very strong."

Brolly insisted people should not be afraid of being a living donor.

"The scientific community isn't sure why we have two kidneys," he added. "You only need one kidney. Once you are healthy, you can be a living donor.

"If someone were interested, they can easily contact me, north or south. If someone put their hands up, the process is excellent, you know it's something well worth doing. I would do it all again tomorrow if I could."

He said it's been a great lesson for his children and the wider community, including St. Bridget's GAA club, where both he and Shane coached at under-age level.

During his time in hospital he said: "You could see lives being saved everyday".

There are currently 600 people in the Republic waiting for a kidney transplant, 200 in Northern Ireland - including Shane Finnegan.

Brolly added: "Between eight and 10 percent of those will die without getting a kidney and it's an awful waste, because if people filled out a donor card, it would make a massive, massive difference to other people's lives."



Edited by rolo - 13 Nov 2012 at 2:52pm
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It's really not. It's more self indulgent hyperbole. "If it wasn't for the GAA we would be America" is bombastic, anti historic sh*te. Of course the GAA is important to people and broadly does good, but so does every sport, but it entirely ignores the conservative history and commercial present of the organisation. It genuinely reads like he was on his second bottle of wine and had tears in his eyes writing this guff
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Young Joe drove past me in his seven series when I was sitting in my AMG not last Tuesday evening around 5pm when I was parked up on Old Channel Road in Belfast.

Gave him a wee wink and a wave and he waved back. Gent of a man.
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Originally posted by Fintan Fintan wrote:

Young Joe drove past me in his seven series when I was sitting in my AMG not last Tuesday evening around 5pm when I was parked up on Old Channel Road in Belfast.

Gave him a wee wink and a wave and he waved back. Gent of a man.
 
The window from my office looks onto that road Finty
 
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Originally posted by Fintan Fintan wrote:

Young Joe drove past me in his seven series when I was sitting in my AMG not last Tuesday evening around 5pm when I was parked up on Old Channel Road in Belfast.

Gave him a wee wink and a wave and he waved back. Gent of a man.

I was going past in the other direction in the Batmobile and beeped over but you both ignored me. I was very hurt by the snub and nearly spilled some of the Moet Dom Perignon White Gold that I was quaffing at the time. Imagine if I ruined my Dolce & Gabbana suit with that? I'd have to take the Lear jet over to my favorite Saville row tailor to get it replaced. 


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Good man Baggio I was parked there illegally for 23 minutes......cause I'm a rebel.
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Joe does indeed drive the aforementioned beemer.... I had the tunnel closed one night, you know with loads of cones and signs and the electronic gantry signs too when he pulls up and inquires if the tunnel is closed. useless little tale that though but his car reg is in the English style I believe as opposed to Nordy and ends in 'GAA' 

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Does he really drive one of them? That was pot luck.
Lotto numbers this week are 1 7 13 23 28 31. Thanks. Hope you opened tje tunnel for the man
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Originally posted by Fintan Fintan wrote:

Does he really drive one of them? That was pot luck.
Lotto numbers this week are 1 7 13 23 28 31. Thanks. Hope you opened tje tunnel for the man
 
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Originally posted by Fintan Fintan wrote:

Does he really drive one of them? That was pot luck.
Lotto numbers this week are 1 7 13 23 28 31. Thanks. Hope you opened tje tunnel for the man
It's a beemer, a big one and does indeed have th reg plate ending in GAA. There was some awards night on in Dublin that night. I thought at the time it was a 5 series but I didn't check that too closely when I seen the reg plate.

young AntrimMan can verify (to a degree) as we were discussing a trip or something at the time.

Oh and no, he was sent on his way via East Wall Road, Poplar Row, Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra Road and onto the M1


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Originally posted by roverstillidie roverstillidie wrote:

It's really not. It's more self indulgent hyperbole. "If it wasn't for the GAA we would be America" is bombastic, anti historic sh*te. Of course the GAA is important to people and broadly does good, but so does every sport, but it entirely ignores the conservative history and commercial present of the organisation. It genuinely reads like he was on his second bottle of wine and had tears in his eyes writing this guff

He was definitely drunk writing it, there was no attempt at coherence whatsoever
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Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

Originally posted by Fintan Fintan wrote:

Does he really drive one of them? That was pot luck.
Lotto numbers this week are 1 7 13 23 28 31. Thanks. Hope you opened tje tunnel for the man
It's a beemer, a big one and does indeed have th reg plate ending in GAA. There was some awards night on in Dublin that night. I thought at the time it was a 5 series but I didn't check that too closely when I seen the reg plate.

young AntrimMan can verify (to a degree) as we were discussing a trip or something at the time.

Oh and no, he was sent on his way via East Wall Road, Poplar Row, Clonliffe Road, Drumcondra Road and onto the M1



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