Longford was the county with by far the least blood donations last year.
The total number of donations nationwide rose by 3 per cent in 2021 - with nearly 131,000 during the year.
According to freedom of information figures, Longford had only 586 and Leitrim had just 809.
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Paul McKinney is the operations director of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service - he says the Covid pandemic's had an impact.
