Out-of-date polio vaccine prompts calls for safeguardUp to 10 per cent of polio vaccines from a batch under investigation for links with CJD may have been issued after their expiry…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Bereaved parents call for more organ donationsThe parents of a Dublin man who died last week while waiting for a life-saving transplant have urged people not to allow the …Thu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Hearing told of `offensive' mailProf Ian Temperley, the State's former leading treater of haemophiliacs, has received hate mail in recent days arising out of…Wed Mar 07 2001 - 00:00
Walsh plans tagging of sheep, pigs despite IFA oppositionThe Minister for Agriculture has stressed his commitment to introducing tagging for sheep and pigs despite opposition from the…Mon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Temperley regrets display of HIV patients' initialsProf Ian Temperley apologised yesterday for displaying the initials of haemophiliacs who had been infected with HIVSat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Former director claims a role in protecting childrenThe former medical director of the National Haemophilia Treatment Centre yesterday defended his role in protecting children and…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
Conflict in evidence on selection of productsA conflict in evidence regarding the late Mr Sean Hanratty's role in the selection of blood products for haemophiliacs emerged…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
Witness disputes blood board's role in infectionsProf Ian Temperley clashed with the Irish Blood Transfusion Service over claims the agency played a mere "warehousing" role in…Thu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Temperley calls claims of insensitivity to patients unfairThe Former medical director of the National Haemophilia Treatment Centre yesterday rejected allegations that he handled certain…Wed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
Doctor `forgot' family remark during HIV testProf Ian Temperley admitted yesterday it might have slipped his mind that he took a blood sample from a haemophiliac for HIV …Wed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
`Regret' at lag of 5 years in telling mother of sons' illnessThe STATE'S former leading treater of haemophiliacs apologised yesterday for allowing five years to elapse before informing a…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Professor `emotionally involved' in HIV crisisWatching some of his patients die in hospital from AIDS was "like watching my own sons", Prof Ian Temperley told the tribunal…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Switch to pasteurised blood product was possibly `illegal'Children with haemophilia were switched on to a pasteurised blood product in the late 1980s in a possibly "illegal" fashion, …Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
Oireachtas committee hears call for West Papua rights inquiryIreland has been urged to use its influence within the UN to seek an international inquiry into the upsurge in human rights abuses…Thu Feb 22 2001 - 00:00
AIDS victims buried in body bags due to `hysteria', says TemperleyThe former medical director of the National Haemophilia Treatment Centre said yesterday he had every sympathy for the relatives…Thu Feb 22 2001 - 00:00
Anger as IBTS files are kept under wrapsThe Irish Haemophilia Society has reacted angrily to the decision of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service not to waive privilege…Thu Feb 22 2001 - 00:00
Temperley rejects claim on blood product recallProf Ian Temperley yesterday rejected a claim that responsibility for recalling unsafe blood products from patients rested with…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Patients told of HIV test results on stairs landingPatients at the State's main treatment centre for haemophiliacs were informed of test results for HIV on a public stairwell landing…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Boy was not retested until a year later, and then only by chanceA young haemophiliac who showed signs of having HIV antibodies in January 1985 was not retested for a further 12 months, and …Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Introduction of product heat-treatment fatally delayedProf Ian Temperley admitted yesterday he should have stopped using BTSB-made factor 9 on his patients in 1985 when he realised…Fri Feb 16 2001 - 00:00
Doctor who admitted error at UK inquest practising in Tallaght children's hospitalA doctor who paralysed a woman in the UK by mistakenly injecting an anti-cancer drug into her spine is practising at the National…Tue Feb 13 2001 - 00:00
Minister to release HIV filesThe Minister for Health has agreed to release to the Lindsay tribunal confidential Government files on the HIV blood scandal …Fri Feb 09 2001 - 00:00
Kenny says he will `electrify' Fine GaelFine Gael leadership contender Mr Enda Kenny has pledged to "electrify", re-energise and revitalise the party, from grassroots…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Mechanical fault forces Government jet to abort landing at Dublin AirportThe Government jet was forced to abort a landing at Dublin Airport early yesterday after a mechanical fault was identified in…Sat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Afri calls Coalition untrustworthy on defenceThe peace and justice group Afri has accused the Government of being "untrustworthy" on the issues of security and defence.Sat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
Vaccine with possible links to mad cow disease issued after expiry dateBatches of a polio vaccine under investigation for possible links with mad cow disease were issued after their expiry date, the…Mon Jan 22 2001 - 00:00
Law planned to regulate road worksLocal authorities will have the right to refuse telecoms companies permission to dig up roads for maintenance work under new …Mon Jan 22 2001 - 00:00
Youth psychiatric services `face crisis'New mental health legislation which will remove under18s from adult psychiatric services will leave countless teenagers in crisis…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
ATGWU dispute threatens British Midland flights at Dublin AirportDisruption of British Midland flights at Dublin Airport has been threatened by a staff dispute arising from the airline's decision…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
Inquiry urged on Cork blood service decisionThe Minister for Health and Children is to come under pressure to hold an independent inquiry into the Irish Blood Transfusion…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
`Children at risk' from falloff in vaccinationsThe take-up rate of children's vaccines in the Republic has slipped to 10 per cent behind those in Northern Ireland, an Oireachtas…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
Some tea and sympathy for teachers united against Ahern's commentsIf the Taoiseach intended to create division among striking teachers by attacking their union's campaign strategy the policy …Wed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
Lobby groups critical of two-year delayGroups representing tenants and the homeless have criticised the Government's decision to delay for two years the introduction…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Fire prompts new calls for Sellafield to be shutdownRenewed calls have been made for the closure of the Sellafield nuclear fuel plant after a fire in its waste-reprocessing unit…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Suicide figures are higher in the RepublicThe suicide rate in the Republic has risen to almost twice that in Northern Ireland, the North-South study shows.Fri Jan 05 2001 - 00:00
North's stricter driving laws may explain South's higher road deathsRoad deaths per capita have been consistently higher in the Republic over the past decade compared with the North.Fri Jan 05 2001 - 00:00
Republic price rise in houses twice the NI rateHouse prices in the Republic are increasing at more than twice the rate in Northern Ireland, according to the North-South statistical…Fri Jan 05 2001 - 00:00
Dublin Bus to extend Nitelink to six days each weekDublin Bus has announced the extension of its Nitelink service to six days a week permanentlyFri Jan 05 2001 - 00:00
Chloe most popular name for North girls and Matthew for boysShe is the latest addition to the cast of Eastenders - as teenager Sonia's surprise baby girlThu Jan 04 2001 - 00:00
Further price cuts as cost of petrol falls by 10%Petrol prices have fallen by up to 10 per cent since the Budget thanks to cuts in VAT and duty, a drop in the price of crude …Thu Jan 04 2001 - 00:00
Funeral tomorrow of girl in toboggan accidentThe funeral will take place tomorrow of 16-year-old Kim Archibold who died in a toboggan accident in Swords, Co Dublin at the…Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:00
Gardai recover bodies of two close friends from under iceThe bodies of two young girls - close friends and cousins - have been found near to each other, about 10 feet from the surface…Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:00
Roads throughout the country remain treacherousRoads throughout the country are to remain in a treacherous condition today as the heavy snow turns to slush and ice.Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Skis make travelling more funEscaping the slippery conditions on the roads and footpaths, one Co Tipperary couple took to the hills yesterday and skied to…Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Cold snap expected to disrupt transport for holidayDisruption from snowfalls to motorists, airline passengers and other commuters is expected to increase today as the New Year …Fri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Heavy snow closes runways, roads and halts busesHeavy snowfalls, ice and frosty conditions caused widespread disruption on the roads and the cancellation of flights and sporting…Fri Dec 29 2000 - 00:00
Snowfalls and ice set to cause more travel disruptionHeavy snowfalls, ice and frosty conditions are to continue to trouble much of the country today and tomorrow.Thu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
Tourism takings rise by 21% to reach £3bnA record 6.3 million people visited Ireland this year, an increase of 5 per cent on 1999, the Minister for Tourism, Sport and…Thu Dec 28 2000 - 00:00
Leniency of Redmond fine appealedThe Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing the £7,500 fine imposed on Mr George Redmond on the grounds that it is too lenient…Sat Dec 16 2000 - 00:00
Guinness visit will aid `digital district' planThe Government hopes its plans for a high-tech "digital district" centred on the St James's Gate area will be boosted by today…Tue Dec 12 2000 - 00:00
