Martin apologises to haemophiliacs

HEALTH Minister Micheál Martin has apologised and expressed profound regret to haemophiliacs and their families for the pain and suffering caused by the blood contamination scandal.

The Government is to refer the contents of the Lindsay Tribunal report into the affair to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The Lindsay Tribunal was established to investigate the infection of Irish haemophiliacs with HIV and hepatitis C as a result of contaminated blood products supplied by the Blood Transfusion Service.