Gabriel Keown, a 54-year-old lecturer from Garrison in Fermanagh, faces kidney failure diagnosed in June 2025. His sister Joanne, aged 46 and living in Manchester, will donate a kidney to him after matching tests at Belfast's City Hospital.

Keown teaches accountancy at South West College in Enniskillen. He also runs the Riverside Bar in Garrison with his family. The diagnosis followed leg swelling noticed last June, leading to tests at South West Acute Hospital.

He received dialysis at Altnagelvin Hospital starting July 12, 2025. Care then shifted to Omagh's Renal Unit. Keown now manages peritoneal dialysis at home five nights a week using a bedside machine.

Kidney function dropped to five percent before improving to eleven percent. He lost three stone in weight but regained it. Joanne began the living donor process recently.

Keown serves as an ambassador for Kidney Research UK. He plans to resume flying aeroplanes, a pursuit from his time in Guernsey years ago. The transplant may occur in nine months, possibly involving transport between Manchester and Belfast.