Former medical director tells of curbs by Dutch on imported blood productsThe Netherlands' blood transfusion service took steps to limit the use of imported blood products from as early as late 1982, …Wed Jul 04 2001 - 01:00
Dutch abandoned blood product technologyThe Dutch blood transfusion service tried without success to manufacture blood products for haemophiliacs using a technology …Wed Jul 04 2001 - 01:00
Works by major Irish poet appear in print for first timeTwo poems written by Patrick Kavanagh more than half a century ago have been published for the first time.Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Rise in US and European tourist numbers despite foot-and-mouthTourism revenue and visitor numbers from North America and Europe rose in the first quarter of the year despite the foot-and-…Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Advice about safe products was available, hearing toldInformation on a procedure which could have enabled the Blood Transfusion Service Board become self-sufficient in the manufacturing…Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
Expert says blood risk of hepatitis not given priorityConcerns about the risk of blood products carrying Non-A Non-B (NANB) hepatitis were not taken seriously enough in the mid-1980s…Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00
Company sent shipment to board despite doubt about safety of product, tribunal toldA pharmaceutical firm was in possession of three studies casting doubt on the safety of one of its blood products two months …Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
Ruling could mean curtains for Dublin's lap-dancing businessOne of Dublin's most popular lap-dancing clubs may be forced to close after a judge refused yesterday to grant it a public dancing…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
O'Brien faces questions on whereabouts during breakLawyers for the Moriarty tribunal are expected to question Mr Denis O'Brien on his movements over the past fortnight when he …Mon Jun 25 2001 - 01:00
IBTS to alter management structure after independent consultants' reviewThe Irish Blood Transfusion Service has agreed to introduce changes to its management structures following a report on inter-…Mon Jun 25 2001 - 01:00
Dublin taxi service still `poor'Dublin's taxi service remains "remarkably poor" at weekend peak-time periods despite deregulation of the industry, a report commissioned…Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
O'Brien's father says tribunal engaged in `witch-hunt'The father of businessman Mr Denis O'Brien has accused the Moriarty tribunal of engaging in a McCarthy-style "witch-hunt" against…Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
Inadequate space forced board to store documents in toilets, kitchensThe National Drugs Advisory Board stored documents in toilets and kitchens because of space constraints at its offices between…Tue Jun 19 2001 - 01:00
BTSB should have been pursued, agrees officialA former senior official with the National Drugs Advisory Board yesterday said "it would have been better" if it had pursued …Tue Jun 19 2001 - 01:00
Drugs board wanted to shut down manufacturing at Pelican HouseThe National Drugs Advisory Board considered seeking the closure of blood product manufacturing operations at Pelican House due…Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
Chairwoman rejects claims that inquiry is being too hastyJudge Alison Lindsay said yesterday she objected to a claim by the Irish Haemophilia Society that the inquiry's business has …Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
Authorising of non-heat-treated product was an `error'A retired official with the National Drugs Advisory Board expressed her surprise yesterday at the discovery that the agency authorised…Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:00
Regulatory agency failed to check BTSB steps to heat-treat productThe National Drugs Advisory Board failed in its duty to contact the BTSB to see what steps the blood bank was taking to heat-…Thu Jun 14 2001 - 01:00
Infections, litigation in early 1990s were a `nightmare' for IHSThe Irish Haemophilia Society was under severe financial strain in the early 1990s because of the burden of caring for HIV-infected…Wed Jun 13 2001 - 01:00
Article `not found' in Department filesA former senior official with the Department of Health agreed yesterday that it was "inconceivable" that an important newspaper…Tue May 22 2001 - 01:00
Slimmed-down parade misses the US connectionYou don't appreciate them until they're gone: those American marching bandsMon May 21 2001 - 01:00
St Patrick's Festival declared worth the waitThe chief executive of the rescheduled St Patrick's Festival has declared the event a success after some 1Mon May 21 2001 - 01:00
Document on compensation contained inaccuraciesThe Government's decision in the late 1980s to oppose compensation for haemophiliacs infected with HIV was informed by inaccurate…Sat May 19 2001 - 01:00
Department official outlines help for BTSB to overcome finance problemsThe Department of Health did everything it could to help the BTSB overcome its financial difficulties in the 1980s, the director…Fri May 18 2001 - 01:00
Department gave BTSB `broad independence'The Department of Health did not regard the BTSB's organisational problems in the early 1980s as serious enough to warrant direct…Thu May 17 2001 - 01:00
BTSB `gave incorrect information' on safety of its productsThe Department of Health received erroneous information from the Blood Transfusion Service Board about the safety of Pelican …Wed May 16 2001 - 01:00
Department did not tell of infection risksThe Department of Health failed to meet its obligation to inform haemophiliacs of the infection risks associated with blood products…Wed May 16 2001 - 01:00
Network of suicide groups set up for bereavedA new coalition of support groups to help families following suicides was launched in Co Cork yesterday by the Minister of State…Sat May 12 2001 - 01:00
Chairwoman denies Haemophilia Society application on recordsThe Irish Haemophilia Society has said it will be seeking a judicial review of Judge Alison Lindsay's decision yesterday not …Thu May 10 2001 - 01:00
Judge asked to examine documents to decide if IBTS privilege claim over them is justifiedLawyers for the Irish Haemophilia Society have asked Judge Alison Lindsay to determine if the Irish Blood Transfusion Service…Wed May 09 2001 - 01:00
Miley gets the last word as `Glenroe' bows outThree funerals, nine weddings, 16 pregnancies and God knows how many "Well, holy Gods" after its first showing in September 1983…Mon May 07 2001 - 01:00
Rail strike tomorrow to hit east coast servicesRail services on the east coast and through Dublin's Connolly Station are due to come to a halt tomorrow as a new phase of industrial…Mon May 07 2001 - 01:00
BTSB `off-loaded' untreated product - doctorThe Blood Transfusion Service Board "off-loaded" an unnecessarily large amount of non-heat-treated factor 9 to a doctor after…Sat May 05 2001 - 01:00
Doctor says she switched her patients to heat-treated productsA doctor who for a period in 1985 was the sole consultant at the National Haemophilia Treatment Centre said yesterday she believed…Fri May 04 2001 - 01:00
Doctor denies man was not told of test result for six yearsA doctor who treated hepatitis C-infected haemophiliacs has contradicted the evidence of a witness to the tribunal who said he…Thu May 03 2001 - 01:00
Consultant has misgivings about an independent HIV unitA consultant at St James's Hospital, Dublin, says she has misgivings about a proposal to establish an independent HIV unit for…Tue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Lack of consultants is immediate problem - directorFour to five consultants need to be appointed to the National Centre for Hereditary Coagulation Disorders to deliver a "safe …Sat Apr 28 2001 - 01:00
Former consultant does not recall any detailed discussions on HIV dangersA former consultant at Limerick Regional Hospital told the Lindsay tribunal yesterday that he could not recall any detailed discussions…Fri Apr 27 2001 - 01:00
Consultant asked BTSB to replace productA consultant haematologist at University College Hospital, Galway, yesterday said it was "inconceivable" that he did not tell…Thu Apr 26 2001 - 01:00
Doctor `failed to inform the BTSB'A doctor at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda has said she failed to inform the Blood Transfusion Service Board of a positive…Thu Apr 26 2001 - 01:00
Blood products still given without treatment recordSome haemophiliacs are still receiving blood products in the State without any record of their treatment on a central register…Wed Apr 25 2001 - 01:00
BTSB clotting agent caused infectionThe Lindsay tribunal heard for the first time yesterday that a BTSB-made clotting agent, known as cryoprecipitate, was responsible…Wed Apr 25 2001 - 01:00
Swansea among five new cases in BritainFive new cases of foot-and-mouth were confirmed in Britain yesterday, including one in a previously unaffected area of Wales.Mon Apr 23 2001 - 01:00
Judicial inquiry into Carthy shooting sought by Garda bodiesThe two largest Garda representative bodies have backed calls from the family of John Carthy for a judicial inquiry into the …Mon Apr 23 2001 - 01:00
Aromatherapy - it is all in the mind, says studyAromatherapy - the "essential oil" treatment - is all in the mindFri Apr 20 2001 - 01:00
Body identified as missing IrishwomanPolice in England are investigating the murder of an Irishwoman whose body was found on the grounds of a cricket club six months…Fri Apr 20 2001 - 01:00
No experts to inform Abbeylara inquiryAn Oireachtas committee investigating the shooting of Mr John Carthy in Abbeylara last year does not plan to hear evidence from…Thu Apr 19 2001 - 01:00
Man expected to face charge of murdering baby boy in KildareA man is to appear this morning before Naas District Court and is expected to be charged with the murder of a 19-month-old baby…Wed Apr 18 2001 - 01:00
