HIV group takes new legal action against drug firmsPreliminary hearings in a fresh legal action by 20 HIV-infected haemophiliacs against five pharmaceutical firms will begin in…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
HIV heat treatment effects caused more worry to manufacturers than virusFractionators (blood-product manufacturers) were more fearful in 1984 of sideeffects caused by a heat treatment process that …Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
Failed method used by BTSB in product research, says scientistThe BTSB spent three years unsuccessfully trying to manufacture blood products for Irish haemophiliacs using a technology which…Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
Safe clotting agent for haemophiliacs was available in 1980s, says Italian blood expertCryoprecipitate, the safest clotting agent available to Irish doctors treating haemophilia in the 1980s, was suitable even for…Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00
Expert says drug reduced infection in ItalyItaly's use of a synthetic drug rather than plasma-derived clotting agents for the treatment of mild and moderate haemophiliacs…Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
British doctors were urged to avoid giving children concentratesDoctors treating haemophilia in Britain were strongly recommended to use cryoprecipitate rather than concentrates on children…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Specialist says company's assurances about safety of blood product were `a lie'A leading UK haemophilia specialist told the tribunal yesterday that assurances he was given by a pharmaceutical company about…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Concerns over blood product `were based on conjecture'Doubts about the safety of a blood product made by the drugs company Armour were based only on "supposition" and "conjecture" …Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
BTSB did not seek safe product available in UK in late 1980sThe Republic could have obtained from Britain a supply of super-heat-treated factor 9 that was safe from both HIV and hepatitis…Wed Jul 11 2001 - 01:00
New tests find 252 cases of infectionAn estimated 252 haemophiliacs were infected with HIV, hepatitis C or both viruses, according to a review of test results conducted…Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
Five drug companies agree to pay £5.3m to haemophiliacs for HIVA settlement has been reached in a 10-year legal action by a group of haemophiliacs against five pharmaceutical companies whose…Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
Magazine loses third editor in two yearsThe current affairs magazine, Magill, has lost its third editor in under two years.Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Expert opposes production of concentratesA retired official with the Dutch blood transfusion service told the Lindsay tribunal yesterday he would recommend against a …Thu Jul 05 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
