diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_jira_tickets.sh b/.github/workflows/create_jira_tickets.sh
index 1fe5978..a43be8c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/create_jira_tickets.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_jira_tickets.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+echo "Here's the original issue body: ${ISSUE_BODY}"
+
 # Escape double quotes in ISSUE_TITLE
 ESCAPED_TITLE="${ISSUE_TITLE//\"/\\\"}"
 
 # Escape double quotes and newlines in ISSUE_BODY
 ESCAPED_BODY="${ISSUE_BODY//\"/\\\"}"
 #ESCAPED_BODY="${ESCAPED_BODY//$'\n'/\\n}"
+ESCAPED_BODY=$(echo "$ESCAPED_BODY" | tr -d '\n')
+
+ESCAPED_BODY="${ESCAPED_BODY} --- [View the original GitHub issue|$GITHUB_ISSUE_URL]"
 
 # Use readarray to populate TASKS array directly from matching lines in ISSUE_BODY
 readarray -t TASKS < <(echo "$ISSUE_BODY" | grep -E '^- \[[ x]\] ')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jira.yaml b/.github/workflows/jira.yaml
index d8eb1ab..58f3892 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jira.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jira.yaml
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ jobs:
           JIRA_API_TOKEN_DAFYDD: ${{ secrets.JIRA_API_TOKEN_DAFYDD }}
           ISSUE_TITLE: "${{ github.event.issue.title }}"
           ISSUE_BODY: "${{ github.event.issue.body }}"
+          GITHUB_ISSUE_URL: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/issues/${{ github.event.issue.number }}"
           GITHUB_ASSIGNEE_USERNAME: "${{ github.event.issue.assignee.login }}"          
         run: .github/workflows/create_jira_tickets.sh