Role of Department of Health defendedTHE chairman of the hepatitis C tribunal yesterday expressed "a deep feeling of sympathy and indeed sorrow" for the victims of…Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00
BTSB accused of "recklessness"THE chairman of the hepatitis C tribunal, Mr Justice Finlay, was called on yesterday to give a clear and public vindication" …Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
Counsel says tribunal report should not be sent to DPPCOUNSEL for the hepatitis C tribunal recommended yesterday that the chairman's report should not be sent to the Director of Public…Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
BTSB employee wrong on date of phone callEVIDENCE from a BTSB employee, that she had contacted a Limerick nursing home about the withdrawal of anti D stock in February…Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Anti D details blocked, tribunal toldTHE former chief medical consultant at Pelican House yesterday said the Department of Health twice stopped important new information…Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Department stalled publicity attempt, says BTSB doctorTHE national director of the hepatitis C screening programme said she had been "stalled" by the Department of Health in trying…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
Doctor claims financing was a problemIN her testimony, Dr Joan Power, BTSB regional director in Cork, spoke of difficulties the board had in 1994 with the Department…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
BTSB gave no warning signals - HowlinTHE Minister for the Environment said yesterday he had no reason to be concerned in any way about the functioning of the Blood…Wed Jan 29 1997 - 00:00
Minister "not shafted" by official's evidence on civil servants meetingTHE former Minister for Health, Mr Howlin, was told on the phone yesterday that a former Secretary of the Department "didn't …Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00
Minister says he was surprised at licensing methodsTHE Minister for Health, Mr Noonan, yesterday said he had been "extremely surprised" on discovering the licensing methods employed…Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Advice to set up tribunal three years ago "not accepted"ADVICE three years ago from a senior civil servant that a tribunal be set up to investigate the hepatitis C scandal was not accepted…Fri Jan 24 1997 - 00:00
Ministers criticised for handling of the anti D crisisTHE Minister for Health and his predecessor were both criticised for their handling of the anti D crisis yesterday.Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:00
Munster blood bank did not tell donorsDR Joan Power, regional director of the Blood Transfusion Service Board for Munster, yesterday agreed that Donor L had tested…Wed Jan 22 1997 - 00:00
Senior officials say they did not intend to mislead investigationTWO senior officials from the Department of Health yesterday said information they gave a 1994 investigation into the Blood Transfusion…Tue Jan 21 1997 - 00:00
Former secretary tells of "huge volume of work"A FORMER secretary to the National Drugs Advisory Board (NDAB) yesterday spoke of the pressures it was under due to understaffing…Tue Jan 21 1997 - 00:00
Civil servants clash on anti-D documentTHERE was a direct conflict of evidence between civil servants at the tribunal off inquiry yesterdaySat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Inspector not told of reaction to anti-DA RETIRED inspector with the National Drugs Advisory Board (NDAB) told the tribunal of in yesterday that the board had never …Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Regulation breach alleged on productTHE former chief medical consultant at the Blood Transfusion Service Board (BTSB) yesterday agreed that Pelican House had breached…Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Department's go ahead for tests queriedTHE Secretary of the Department of Health, Mr Jerry O'Dwyer, was asked at the tribunal yesterday, how he could say "in any way…Thu Jan 16 1997 - 00:00
Query on screening test decision unexpected, says Department headTHE Secretary of the Department of Health, Mr Jerry O'Dwyer, was unable to explain why in 1991 there had been a three-month delay…Wed Jan 15 1997 - 00:00
Hepatitis C tribunal hopes to conclude in six weeksTHE tribunal of inquiry into the hepatitis C scandal expects its hearings to last a further three weeks, it indicates in an interim…Thu Jan 09 1997 - 00:00
A Poet's Corner is coming to a DART near youA "POETS' Corner" is coming soon to the DART, Dublin's suburban rail serviceWed Jan 08 1997 - 00:00
Quitter of the Year won't quit on SamSHE has been named as Quitter of the Year, and yesterday said she was "flabber and gasted" when the announcement was made.Wed Jan 08 1997 - 00:00
Freezing conditions are set to continueTHE very cold weather will continue over the weekend, with "nothing significantly mild coming ill yet", according to a Met Eireann…Fri Jan 03 1997 - 00:00
Casement "worries" 50 years laterFIFTY years after his death in 1916, sensitivities about Sir Roger Casement were still prevalent in Ireland and GermanyFri Jan 03 1997 - 00:00
Ambassador forthright in criticism of Irish missionaries in NigeriaTHE civil war in Nigeria, which began in the late 1960s with the attempted secession of Biafra, extended into the early 1970s…Fri Jan 03 1997 - 00:00
Inclusion of Hyde's private files among the surprise releasesAMONG the surprises in the papers released yesterday were files which were the private property of the State's first President…Thu Jan 02 1997 - 00:00
8 counties exceed BSE limit set by RussiansWITH the confirmation of two more cases of BSE, one in Louth and one in Monaghan, eight counties have now exceeded the acceptable…Tue Dec 31 1996 - 00:00
Growing pains of a Celtic tigerHER name is Jody and she is an original Celtic tigerTue Dec 31 1996 - 00:00
Records fall in huge rush home for the holidayTHE Christmas rush to return home pushed the passenger figures through Dublin Airport to over nine million this year.Tue Dec 24 1996 - 00:00
Death of daughter of poet Thomas KettleTHE death has taken place of Mrs Elizabeth Dooley, only child of the poet Thomas Kettle, who was killed at Guinchy on the Somme…Mon Dec 23 1996 - 00:00
Virologist claims specimens had `a greenish tinge'DR David Dane, of the Middlesex Hospital in London, was mystified. "I can't explain it at allWed Dec 18 1996 - 00:00
Blood board letter `does not fit in with facts as we now know them'A CONSULTANT virologist with Manchester public health laboratory told the tribunal yesterday that he received a letter from the…Wed Dec 18 1996 - 00:00
Date is set for new year hearingTHE tribunal of inquiry into the hepatitis C scandal was adjourned until Tuesday, when two authorities on the virus will give…Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
Trauma of hepatitis discovery for haemophiliacs describedOF the 500 members of the Irish Haemophilia Society, 210 have been infected with the hepatitis C virus from BTSB blood products…Sat Dec 14 1996 - 00:00
Woman's life dominated by fear of passing virus to othersA WOMAN member of the Irish Kidney Association told the tribunal she was so fearful of passing on hepatitis C she had refused…Fri Dec 13 1996 - 00:00
Liver specialist traces pattern of illnessBETWEEN 60 and 70 per cent of those who have been infected with the hepatitis C virus will go on to become chronic sufferers, …Fri Dec 13 1996 - 00:00
Former director apologises for use of infected plasmaIT WAS a wrong decision, wrongly arrived at, even in the context of information available at the timeThu Dec 12 1996 - 00:00
Walsh was `stunned' by anti-D link query, says consultantDR Joan Power, a consultant haematologist at the BTSB in Cork, remembered the "stunned" reaction to a question she put about …Wed Dec 11 1996 - 00:00
Patient X says she did not know her plasma was usedPATIENT X, one of the two women whose infected plasma was used by Pelican House in the production of anti-D, will not be giving…Wed Dec 11 1996 - 00:00
Two anti D donors infected by blood board plasma, tribunal toldTWO women patients, whose infected plasma was later used to make anti D, were themselves infected by plasma supplied by Pelican…Tue Dec 10 1996 - 00:00
Biochemist not aware of patient X illness until 1994THE principal biochemist at Pelican House said yesterday she only became aware patient X had jaundice/hepatitis in 1994 through…Tue Dec 10 1996 - 00:00
Continued BTSB use of tainted blood plasma called "extraordinary"A MEMBER of the senior technical staff at the Blood Transfusion Service Board (BTSB) yesterday agreed it was "extraordinary" …Sat Dec 07 1996 - 00:00
BTSB board "not aware" of anti D problemA DOCTOR who had been on the board of the Blood Transfusion Service Board for 18 years said yesterday it was never aware of any…Fri Dec 06 1996 - 00:00
Biochemist says X patient not cause of hepatitis outbreakA BIOCHEMIST who worked with the Blood Transfusion Services Board has denied he was concocting evidence about activities at Pelican…Fri Dec 06 1996 - 00:00
BTSB "abandoned instructor to fly solo"THE story was "an appalling one said Mr James Nugent SC, in his opening address to the tribunal of inquiry into the hepatitis…Tue Dec 03 1996 - 00:00
Counsel for BTSB asks people to withhold judgmentCOUNSEL for the Blood Transfusion Service Board "earnestly" asked that people "withhold judgment" just yetTue Dec 03 1996 - 00:00
Campaign to ease traffic congestion begins todayONE of the first duties of the new Minister for Transport, Energy, and Communications, Mr Dukes, will be the opening of "Operation…Mon Dec 02 1996 - 00:00
Hearings of hepatitis C tribunal to start todayHEARINGS of the tribunal of inquiry into the hepatitis C scandal will begin in Dublin today.Mon Dec 02 1996 - 00:00
No one to shout when it was all overONLY the gentle rustle of ballot papers disturbed the silence at the Portmarnock Sports and Leisure Centre in north county Dublin…Sat Nov 30 1996 - 00:00
