Case against former blood bank officials starts today

TWO former blood bank officials charged with offences arising from the hepatitis C blood contamination scandal are due to appear in Dublin District Court today.

Dr Terry Walsh and Cecily Cunningham have already had their actions scrutinised in the Finlay Tribunal, which reported its findings in March 1997.

The tribunal was established to examine how more than 1,000 women, who received the anti-D blood product from the Blood Transfusion Service Board when they were pregnant, became infected with hepatitis C.