THE blood bank moved yesterday to reassure the public that its blood tracking system is safe, despite an international warning that its newly installed computer network might be defective.

An Australian man has set a Guinness World Record for being the world’s most generous blood donor, wringing out enough to fill the petrol tanks of 10 small cars, the Australian Red Cross Society said today.

THE risk of Irish people contracting the human form of mad cow disease is declining, according to the Blood Bank.

A MAJOR study to reveal the rate of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD) infection through consumption of BSE-infected meat has been commissioned by the Blood Bank.

By Mícheál Lehane POLITICIANS last night lashed out at the Blood Bank after hepatitis C victims were accidently asked to donate blood.

IT is unlikely that anyone will be prosecuted in connection with the deaths of 79 people who were given contaminated blood products, following the publication of the Lindsay Tribunal report yesterday.

TWENTY eight donors who tested positive for hepatitis C antibodies in the early 1990s, but were not immediately informed of the result are due to begin receiving letters from the Blood Bank today.

FORMER chief medical officer of the Blood Transfusion Service Dr Terry Walsh is facing a formal inquiry into his actions in the Hepatitis C infection scandal.

The Irish Medical Council has served an order on the Blood Bank to hand over documents relating to the Hepatitis C infection scandal to investigate its former medical director, Dr Terry Walsh.

A BITTER war of words erupted yesterday between the Government and the Blood Bank over the handling of the State’s blood supply.

The board of the Irish blood transfusion service is to meet this morning with it’s national medical director, to discuss a row in which two of its senior executives were suspended.

The man widely regarded as the founder of modern haemophiliac treatment in Ireland has received stringing criticism at the Lindsay Tribunal.

Former Health Minister Barry Desmond has taken the witness stand at the Lindsay Tribunal.

The Lindsay Tribunal could be halted in a dispute over papers which the Blood Bank insists are confidential.

The Irish Haemophilia Society will apply to the High Court today to demand the release of confidential papers relating to the infection of victims with HIV from contaminated blood.