Recently on Morning Focus, we asked listers for their highlights and lowlights of 2023, and many people got in touch to share their good and bad moments from the year gone by.
One of those listeners who contacted us was John McMahon. John, 57, has lived with his wife Breda in Roxton, Corofin, for nearly 30 years.
John has certainly had a 2023 that he will never forget: he spent the summer in the Mater Hospital in Dublin awaiting a lung transplant, and by early August, he was told that he might not survive the weekend.
Thankfully, a lung became available, and John is now looking forward to a Christmas that, at one point, he didn’t expect to be around to see.
John joined Alan Morrissey in the studio to share his story. He began by telling Alan about an earlier incident in his life: a serious road traffic accident in 1982 that, ultimately, saw him lose his left arm.
You can listen to the full interview below.
