State’s first victim died in 1999

THE State’s first victim of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) died more than six years ago.

Kay Turner, 33, died in August 1999 in her home in Portlaoise after being discharged from a hospice in the town.

Her husband, Michael, and their two young children, James (now 11) and Enya (now nine) were with her when she died.