Organisation: Human Tissue Authority

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Police kept portion of murdered man’s skull

The partner of a man murdered by loyalists 20 years ago is to take legal action against police in Northern Ireland after the force admitted retaining part of his skull.

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NI Ombudsman Office stored body parts

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PSNI face tissue storage questions

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Rotunda attempts to contact parents over organ retention

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Parents’group concerned at new wave of anguish over audit

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Hospitals and universities still holding 21,000 organs

Kidney donation was ‘better than Christmas’

A NURSE who donated a kidney to a complete stranger said yesterday the decision was “better than Christmas”.

Sat, 15 Dec, 2007

World first as couples celebrate kidney swap

A HUSBAND and wife spoke of their joy yesterday after surgeons performed the first kidney swap between two couples.

Thu, 04 Oct, 2007

Storage of organs ‘remains unregulated’

IRELAND is lagging years behind Britain in ensuring that consent is obtained before body parts are kept by hospitals, a support group for parents at the centre of the Irish organ retention scandal claimed yesterday.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2003