One of the victims of the Bessborough vaccine trial is to make a formal Garda complaint after it emerged files were altered in 2002.

The files of vaccine trial victims in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home were altered in 2002 — just weeks after the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse sought discovery of records from the order running the home.

Adoption rights campaigners have said “serious questions” need to be answered as to why concerns raised by the HSE about Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in 2012 were not acted upon at the time.

Child death rates in three mother-and-baby homes that were run by religious orders were as high as 50% during the 1940s.

The stigma and suffering of former residents of the Magdalene Laundries has been “prolonged” by the Government’s failure to apologise for what happened, victims said.

A US Army Staff Sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a night-time shooting spree remembers little about the incident, his lawyer has said.

Steed Malbranque has terminated his contract with St Etienne a day after his representatives denied reports the former Tottenham, Fulham and Sunderland midfielder had retired to care for an ill family member.

STEED MALBRANQUE’s representatives have dismissed reports the former Fulham, Tottenham and Sunderland midfielder has retired from football to care for an ill family member.

FILES relating to controversial vaccine trials carried out on children at a Mother and Baby Home run by the Sacred Heart Convent in Bessboro in Cork will not be transferred to the HSE.

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has reiterated his interest in Manchester City striker Craig Bellamy.

STEVE BRUCE is desperately hoping Steed Malbranque will rediscover the goalscoring form he showed in his Fulham and Tottenham days to help Sunderland through their injury crisis.

Sunderland chief executive Steve Walton has insisted players will not have to be sold to balance the books.

Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson has no intention of leaving the club during the summer.

THE Justice for Magdalenes (JFM) advocacy group has said it is “greatly concerned” that CORI (The Conference of Religious of Ireland) has refused to meet and discuss the group’s campaign for an apology and a redress scheme for survivors of the Magdalene laundries.

Bolo Zenden has warned his Sunderland team-mates they need to reproduce their heroics against the big guns when they face lesser opposition if they are to realise their ambitions.

Steed Malbranque returns to the Sunderland squad for tomorrow night’s Barclays Premier League clash with Bolton after being punished for a breach of club discipline.

An elder of a polygamist sect and two other church members surrendered to Texas authorities to face charges over the marriage of underage girls to older men.

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An American polygamous-sect leader was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison for his role in the arranged marriage of teenage cousins.

The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group has been convicted in the US of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin.

Police in the North have launched a murder investigation after receiving post mortem results on a pensioner found dead earlier this week.

The Premier League may contact Tottenham after a replay of a controversial incident was shown at White Hart Lane during the interval of their defeat to Manchester United.

Fulham manager Chris Coleman admits it was a “relief” to get Steed Malbranque’s future resolved when the midfielder was sold to Tottenham.

West Ham manager Alan Pardew insists he will still try to strengthen his squad before the closure of the transfer window on Thursday.

FULHAM boss Chris Coleman insists there have been no serious offers for Luis Boa Morte — but is ready to sell his club captain at the right price.

Fulham boss Chris Coleman understands why Luis Boa Morte and Steed Malbranque are frequently linked with moves away from Craven Cottage.

Fulham are confident star midfielder Steed Malbranque is fully committed to the club.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was in defiant mood after his team ended Chelsea’s 40-match unbeaten league run.

A small-town judge removed from office because he has three wives faced a hearing before the Utah Supreme Court today in his bid to remain on the bench.

Manchester City have lodged an increased bid for Fulham midfielder Steed Malbranque.

Fulham boss Chris Coleman looks set to recall Steed Malbranque to the squad for tomorrow’s clash against Blackburn with the French midfielder having shown sufficient remorse for last Saturday's tantrum.

Fulham midfielder Steed Malbranque is in line for a recall against Blackburn on Saturday after showing sufficient remorse for last weekend’s tantrum.

A LOT done, a hell of a lot more to do. That was the message of some of Ireland’s top female athletes who gathered in Croke Park yesterday for the Women in Sport conference.

MOST athletes would be content with representing their country once, never mind 60 times. Butwhat about 60 consecutive internationals, never missing one, only being substituted once for three minutes near the end of one game.

IRISH hopes of a first home victory in the women's Six Nations were cruelly dashed in a 14-13 loss to Wales at Thomond Park on Saturday.

Sylvain Legwinski has signed a one-year extension to his Fulham contract in a deal that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2006.

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A TEXAS man who woke up from bladder surgery to find that doctors had amputated his penis without permission has reached a settlement with the doctors who removed the organ.

Steed Malbranque is considering quitting Fulham next month because of the imminent exit of his mentors Jean Tigana and Christian Damiano.

IT felt so good to be Irish last Saturday.

An Irish-American woman has claimed that she was used as a human guinea pig at a mother-and-baby home in Cork in the 1960s.

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