The Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association is a voluntary charity organisation which relies on its membership, supporters and the goodwill of the business community to meet its obligations. We are always happy to receive donations or bequests.

You can make a donation to IHLTA by cheque or postal order
Simply make it payable to IHLTA and send it to

Robert McCutcheon, (Hon. Treasurer)
27 Church Avenue,
Drumcondra,
Dublin 9

Donate online

We now have the facility to make donations online using credit card or paypal as you can see on the right hand side of this page.  If you wish to donate online please enter the amount you wish to donate,  then press the "Donate" button.  You will be brought to paypal where you can complete the transaction using your credit card or paypal as a means of payment.  This process is completely secure.  The IHLTA do not have any access to your credit card details at any time.

We would like to thank everyone who have given their very generous support to IHLTA.

Our Association is represented on the management committee of The European Heart and Lung Transplant Federation - www.ehtf.info

We are in partnership with the Irish Donor Network, a group representing every transplant group and interest in Ireland

We are also affiliated to the following:

• Donor Families
• The Irish Heart Foundation
• The Irish Kidney Association
• The Cystic Fibrosis Association
• The Eye and Bone Banks
• Transplant co-ordinators in Beaumont Hospital and St. Vincent's Hospitals
• The Liver Transplant Unit St. Vincent's Hospital

Our Association aims to provide support, help and information to all heart transplant recipients and their families, pre and post operation.

We aim to identify and maintain donor awareness initiatives and to work with the Irish Donor Network in promoting and improving all areas of organ donation and transplantation.

We provide and furnish help and support to the Director of Transplant Surgery at the Mater Misercordiae University Hospital, and to the National Heart and Lung Transplant Unit. and all the staff within the transplant programme by funding equipment, training and research.

Other important objectives include:

• To encourage exercise by promoting a healthy lifestyle and by participating in the European Heart and Lung Transplant Games.
• To raise funds for the charitable purposes of the Association.
• To encourage, seek, and, where possible, establish better facilities and conditions for all aspects of cardiothoracic transplantation.
• To participate in the affairs of the European Heart & Lung Transplant Federation.
• To use any gifts and payments received to help further the objectives of the Association.

The Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association is a voluntary organisation which includes heart, lung(s), heart and lung transplant recipients, families and supporters.

The Association began providing support for patients soon after the first heart transplant operation in Ireland was successfully completed in the Mater Hospital in 1985.

As life saving transplant activity increased, the association began growing year by year. The association was renamed and formally relaunched under its present name in November 1998 by our patron, President Mary McAleese.

Prof. Freddie Wood FRCSI, former head of the National Heart and Lung Transplant Programme at the Mater Misercordiae University Hospital is the association's President. We are a member of the Irish Donor Network and are affiliated to the European Heart & Lung Transplant Federation.

We also work with the Irish Heart Foundation on matters of mutual interest, and we are certified by the Revenue Commissioners as a charity - No CHY 13628.

There are heart and lung transplant recipients on the committee and we are happy to receive your email or telephone calls to answer any queries or questions you might have.

As transplant recipients, we are uniquely placed to offer help and encouragement to anyone who needs to contact us. We have been through it all ourselves, and our advice and support is only a phone call away!

You can find our contact details, including email, fax and telephone numbers on the contacts page. Or if you prefer you can write to us using the address at the top of our page.