The two friends have been speaking to Midlands 103's Ronan Berry.
A midlands woman saved her best friends life in a paired kidney-swap programme.
Ballymore's Sheila Hanevy had been undergoing dialysis treatment for 19 years until her best friend Aine Cornally and her husband discovered a shared kidney exchange scheme in the UK.
The Westmeath women, who were born four minutes apart in the same hospital, spoke to Midlands 103's Ronan Berry about the process:
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