With supplies dwindling and a drop in donations expected when the World Cup kicks off next week, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urging people to give blood.

The future of a support group for women given contaminated blood products by the State is in serious doubt following indications that the HSE is to pull its funding.

It’s been 20 years since the country first heard of the anti-D scandal. Initial alarm has now been joined by anger and grief, and the story isn’t finished yet, writes Caroline O’Doherty