London law firm to probe blood scandal

A LONDON-based law firm has been engaged by the Government to investigate the role played by US-based pharmaceutical firms in the blood contamination scandal.

The Irish Haemophilia Society (IHS) has welcomed the move and is hoping the investigation will ultimately lead to prosecutions.

The society had been anxious that the Government examined the role of the companies who supplied the contaminated products after the Lindsay Tribunal refused to do so more than four years ago.