I know I do. I’m even trying to give it away, but with no luck. Numerous times I’ve tried to contact the IBTS online, all have failed. I’ve tried to locate somewhere to give blood in Athlone (fairly big town and population), the next time they’re around is January (I’ve been keeping an eye on this for a while now). They even had a text alert service, which is no longer available, it also never worked. The next thing I’m going to do is call them and see when they’re around next, surely it has to be sooner than January. The frustrating thing is, I’ve emailed them and received no response, they’ve been crying out for blood recently and yet I want to give but can’t.

What’s the deal?

They could be short staffed, fair enough, they could be having technical problems, again fair enough. But this has been going on for months now, every now and again I remember that I want to give blood, have a look, no donation areas in town, no text alerts, no email.

Just seems pointless to be asking for it, if they’re not going to collect in big areas.