Platelet Donation - Ger O'Neill and Jo Lawlor

Platelet Donation - Ger O'Neill and Jo Lawlor

From Gold Ribbon Conversations by Childhood Cancer Foundation Ireland

June 15, 2026 · 32 min · Season 10 · Episode 10

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This episode discusses the importance of platelet donation for childhood cancer patients with insights from long-time donor Ger O'Neill and Jo Lawlor from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.

Gold Ribbon Conversations - The podcast that supports those fighting Childhood Cancer. In our new episode of Gold Ribbon Conversations we talk about the need for platelet donors and how transformative a donation can be for a person fighting cancer with Ger O'Neill a platelet donor for over 20 years and Jo Lawlor National Apheresis Recruitment Manager for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.  Ger's son was diagnosed with cancer when he was 3 years old, which motivated Ger to become platelet donor. While Jo explains why Ireland needs more platelet donors, the process, the criteria of eligability and extends an invitation to anyone eligible to get in touch to learn more. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Daire Plunkett. Donate for Dáire is an incredible initiative to encourage eligible people in Ireland to become  platelet donors  with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. To contact the Platelet Donation Team: Visit : https://www.giveblood.ie/platelets/ Dublin Centre: National Blood Centre, James's Street, Dublin 8. Call -  01 432 2833 Cork Centre: St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork. Call - 021 480 7429  To get started, you can complete…

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Guests: Ger O'Neill, Jo Lawlor

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Organizations: Irish Blood Transfusion Service, Childhood Cancer Foundation Ireland

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