Countless Irish men may have needlessly undergone invasive surgery and chemotherapy because a widely-used blood test erroneously said they had life-threatening prostate cancer.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday denied that emergency health legislation being rushed through the Dáil this week was “political camouflage” to help railroad the Government’s co-location plans through the Dáil.

COMPLETING the country’s new national children’s hospital in the shortest possible time was a crucial factor in the singling out of the Mater Hospital in Dublin as the site.