‘Monumental mess’ organ probe may damage Government, says group

THE State probe into the organ retention controversy has turned into a “monumental mess” that could politically damage the Government, a campaign group warned yesterday.

The €20 million Dunne Inquiry, established in 2000 to review post-mortem practices in hospitals since 1970, will close down at the end of the month without completing its work.

Parents for Justice, which withdrew from the inquiry in 2002 citing lack of confidence in its work, said the investigation should have been placed on a statutory footing from the start and open to public scrutiny.