Person: Brigid McCole

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>There is a long record of State bodies using the legal system to ensure individual citizens are fought tooth-and-nail when it comes to asserting their rights in the wake of being wronged, such was the case with former Health Minister Michael Noonan. Picture: RollingNews.ie</p>

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Mick Clifford: State's legal team more interested in protecting the coffers than the vulnerable

Legally, the strategy pursued by State representatives to delay court cases is sound. Morally, as people are denied the truth, it stinks to high Heaven

<p>Rebecca Price and Patrick Kiely were wrongly told their unborn child had a fatal abnormality and Ms Price had an abortion as a result. The State conceded nothing until admitting liability just as their case was going to commence in the High Court. Picture: Collins Courts</p>

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State neglects its moral duty in its treatment of medical negligence cases

It’s time to end the litany of horrors imposed upon women in Ireland

Spin doctors mistreat hepatitis C sufferers

Emigration numbers - Minister’s attitude is worrying

The message is — all victories for disabled people are merely temporary

Hepatitis C case - Transparency vital in the blood service

ECHOES resound of one of the biggest ever public health scandals following confirmation by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) that it is unable to discover how a woman developed hepatitis C last year after receiving three blood transfusions.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2006

Woods fights the flak again

SHOULD Michael Woods ever return to the front bench, the Department of Defence might be the natural posting for him.

Thu, 02 Oct, 2003

FG failing to provide opposition as PDs struggle to prove their worth

WITH inflation growing at twice the current European average, we are clearly in troubled waters, and the ship of State is taking on water.

Sat, 24 May, 2003

State faces claims of cruel delay in settlement of dying woman’s claim

THE State was last night accused of a cruel and calculated delay in settling a claim by a Hepatitis C victim at death’s door.

Tue, 24 Dec, 2002

Hepatitis C claims – Victims continue to lose out

THERE is a justifiable sense of outrage over Health Minister Micheál Martin’s decision to appeal a High Court verdict allowing hepatitis C victims to take multi-million euro claims against the State.

Thu, 22 Aug, 2002