IRELAND’S first recipient of a simultaneous kidney–pancreas transplant has passed away, with tributes pouring in for the fierce woman. Mairead Ward died suddenly on December 8, aged 68, in Killulagh, Co Westmeath. She received the then-never-before-seen operation on New Year’s Eve, 1991. Mairead was 34 at the time of the procedure, which was performed by…
