PARTICIPANTS in controversial vaccine trials in mother-and-baby homes have been told by the Department of Health that it can’t give them their medical files or any trial documentation as it is legally bound to return the files to the drugs company.

IT will be another year before it will be known if the Ryan Commission’s one million written documents and oral testimony will be destroyed.

THE Christian Brothers have been awarded legal costs estimated at up to €1m despite losing a High Court challenge to the Child Abuse Commission.

THE new chairman of the Child Abuse Commission, Sean Ryan, has presented the Government with a list of conditions he says must be met for the troubled inquiry to continue its work.