An Irish record for donating blood has been set by Dubliner Martin Doyle. He is part of a group of donors whose blood has saved the lives of thousands of babies.

Report shows Doyle donating blood and served with champagne.

Interviews with Doyle and with Doctor Terry Walsh of the Blood Transfusion Service on project to produce positive antibodies in the blood of Rhesus Negative mothers.

The reporter is George Devlin.

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