Elderly are among the biggest winnersThe old age pension is to increase by £10 a week from April 2001 and everybody aged 70 and over will receive a medical card regardless…Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
Workers shocked by severity of redundanciesThe shock among staff at Motorola's north Dublin plant yesterday was less to do with the fact of job losses than the nature and…Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00
Available safe product `not used'A young haemophiliac told the tribunal yesterday he had lost all faith in and respect for the medical profession, after he was…Sat Dec 02 2000 - 00:00
Mother `not told of risk to son'The mother of a haemophiliac who contracted HIV through contaminated blood products said yesterday she would not have allowed…Sat Dec 02 2000 - 00:00
Witness calls for inquiry into US pharmaceutical firmsThe daughter of a haemophiliac who died from AIDS through infected blood products urged the tribunal yesterday to investigate…Fri Dec 01 2000 - 00:00
Sister tells of prejudice faced by her familyThe sister of two haemophiliacs who were infected with HIV and hepatitis C respectively spoke yesterday about the prejudice and…Fri Dec 01 2000 - 00:00
Patient says AIDS risks played downA haemophiliac who contracted HIV through infected blood products has testified to seeing a document in St James's Hospital, …Thu Nov 30 2000 - 00:00
Survivors, next-of-kin of victims to give evidenceThe Lindsay tribunal will today hear further personal testimony from haemophiliacs who were infected with HIV and hepatitis C…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Concern at delay in introducing test for HIV expressed in 1985Concern was expressed within the Department of Health in 1985 at the slow progress being made by the Blood Transfusion Service…Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00
Taxi-drivers continue to keep cabs off streetsDublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick face a vastly reduced taxi service this weekend as cabdrivers continue their strike.Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Optimistic hackneys and `cosy' members queue to buy licencesAfter four years working as a "cosy", Mr Mohamed Soliman is finally getting a plate of his own. "I'm very happySat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
BTSB studied HIV-positive blood-use `for legal reasons'A look-back programme to examine what happened to the blood of HIV-positive donors was initiated by the Blood Transfusion Service…Fri Nov 24 2000 - 00:00
Disabled take funds demand to the streetsThe Irish Wheelchair Association took 40 buses on to the streets of Dublin yesterday to call for more resources for people with…Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
Immobilised by `mobility allowance'For Mr James O'Keeffe (28), the £45.20p a month he gets for transportation is a mobility allowance in name onlyThu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
Clinics `inadequate' for testing of HIVHospital-based clinics for sexually transmitted disease (STD) were inadequate for the testing of HIV in the mid-1980s because…Wed Nov 22 2000 - 00:00
Students to march for jailed ZhaoStudents at Trinity College Dublin are to march to the Chinese embassy in the city this week to call for the release of a former…Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00
Walsh gave erroneous information - LawlorThe deputy medical director of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service told the Lindsay tribunal yesterday that a former colleague…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
12 potentially infectious donations tracedOnly 12 of 32 potentially infectious HIV donations have been traced by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, the tribunal heard…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
Lawlor admits HIV threat was not given priorityThe Blood Transfusion Service Board should have introduced HIV testing and donor screening initiatives earlier than it did, the…Thu Nov 16 2000 - 00:00
How safe is it to fly?You're booking a flight with two carriers to choose from: a new-to-the-market "no frills" airline and an established but more…Wed Nov 15 2000 - 00:00
Use of non-heat-treated product `absolutely horrific', says witnessThe former co-ordinator of AIDS policy in the Department of Health said yesterday he found it "astonishing" and "absolutely horrific…Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
`Door-to-door' cheque collections detailedThe cash-flow situation at the Blood Transfusion Service Board was so desperate that it used to run "door-to-door" collections…Fri Nov 10 2000 - 00:00
Transfusion board was `living beyond our means'To describe the Blood Transfusion Service Board's finances in the late 1970s/early 1980s as disastrous would be an "understatement…Thu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00
More severe rain and winds forecastEmergency services are bracing themselves for another day of torrential rain and strong winds.Mon Nov 06 2000 - 00:00
International experts on multiple sclerosis to gather shortly in DublinDublin's Beaumont Hospital will host a gathering of some of the world's leading experts on multiple sclerosis research next month…Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
Ex-BTSB technician `aggrieved' by funding suggestionA former laboratory technician with the BTSB who worked on a pioneering concentrate production project for haemophiliacs told…Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
Factor 9 could not have been `safely issued any earlier'The BTSB's former principal biochemist told the tribunal yesterday that once the decision had been made to heat-treat concentrates…Fri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
£25m to assist hospitals through winterThe Minister for Health and Children, Mr Martin, has announced a £25 million "winter investment package" for acute hospitals …Mon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00
BTSB delay of five months in recalling infectious productThe BTSB issued a recall notice withdrawing an infectious blood product from hospitals five months after it agreed to do so with…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Method of treatment used for Irish haemophiliacs defendedIf it had "put the effort into it" the BTSB could have supplied treaters with locally made cryoprecipitate in the early 1980s…Thu Oct 19 2000 - 01:00
Doctor admits advice on products `unfortunate'The former medical director of the National Haemophilia Treatment Centre told the tribunal yesterday that, in hindsight, he should…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Doctors decided blood suppliers, says TemperleyIt was doctors rather than the Blood Transfusion Service Board (BTSB) who decided which pharmaceutical companies should be contracted…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Professor knew his patients exposed to blood infectionsA professor who was formerly in charge of the treatment of haemophiliacs told the tribunal yesterday that he shared a "common…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Untreated products administered to patientsHaemophiliacs were led to believe that from January 1985 they would receive only heat-treated blood products that were safe from…Thu Oct 12 2000 - 01:00
Minister reveals girls are more likely than boys to start smokingGirls are more likely to take up smoking and less likely to quit than boys, the Minister for Health said yesterdayWed Oct 11 2000 - 01:00
Haemophilia society head to begin evidence todayThe chairman of the Irish Haemophilia Society, Mr Brian O'Mahony, is to begin giving evidence to the Lindsay tribunal today after…Wed Oct 11 2000 - 01:00
Consultant says information was inadequateOne of the consultants most involved in the treatment of haemophiliacs told the tribunal yesterday that he felt "let down" by…Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
Peace group criticises NI's growing arms tradePeace campaigners have attacked moves aimed at expanding the weapons and aerospace industries in Northern Ireland as "morally…Mon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Conflict of interest claim `based on intuition'The former chief executive of the Blood Transfusion Service Board who investigated a senior employee over a potential conflict…Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
New offer to HIV victims reportedAlmost 60 Irish haemophiliacs infected with HIV from contaminated blood products are believed to be close to reaching a multi…Wed Sept 27 2000 - 01:00
Government seen as failing to tackle dangerous drivingYesterday's accident on the Dublin-Galway road brought to 289 the number of people killed on the roads so far this yearWed Sept 20 2000 - 01:00
Needs of lower-income households not metThe Government's social housing building programme is failing to keep pace with the demand for accommodation from lower-income…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Ahern blames labour shortages for shortfall in social housing targetThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has blamed labour shortages in the construction industry for undermining Government plans to expand …Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Tribunal adjourned as haemophiliac dies from infected blood productThe LINDSAY tribunal, which was due to resume its public hearings today after the summer recess, has been adjourned for 24 hours…Tue Sept 12 2000 - 01:00
247 km of cycle track installed in DublinDublin's four local authorities have installed about 247 kilometres of cycle track over the past three years in an attempt to…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Irish priest defies death threats to stay with Colombian villagersAn Irish priest whose life has been threatened by armed militia in Colombia has been warned by the International Red Cross that…Wed Aug 16 2000 - 01:00
Abusive message on helpline `final straw'Government urged to honour commitment following complaints against CORI serviceMon Aug 14 2000 - 01:00
Abusive message on helpline `final straw'A counselling service set up by the Catholic Hierarchy following recent child sex abuse scandals has come under attack from a…Mon Aug 14 2000 - 01:00
Talks continue to prevent second major rail disputeTalks will resume this morning between Iarnrod Eireann and representatives of up to 800 railway line inspectors to prevent a …Thu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
Another uncertain day for rail and bus travelRail passengers and commuters face another day of uncertainty in Dublin and throughout the State with members of the Irish Locomotive…Thu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
