Several hundred people have attended an event in Galway to promote and acknowledge organ donation.

The gathering took place at the Circle of Life garden in Salthill.

The public park was designated as the National Organ Donor Commemorative Garden in 2014.

It serves as a place where both donors and transplant recipients are remembered.

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