An extra 2,000 people are needed to donate blood urgently.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service says there's only 3 days supply left of certain blood group types including O negative and B negative. O Negative is mostly used by cancer patients Speaking to South East RadioNews was Area manager of the IBTS Barbara Phelan [audio mp3="https://www.southeastradio.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Blood-Raw-Do-Not-Delete.mp3"][/audio]