Opposition joins push for probe into tests

OPPOSITION parties last night called on Minister for Health Micheál Martin to launch an inquiry into how pathology samples that could have explained mysterious health problems in Co Limerick went missing.

Some 18 blood, hair and urine samples handed over to the Mid Western Health Board, between 1997 and 1998, by the Geoghegan family from Askeaton, were mislaid.

Documents released under Freedom of Information showed doctors within the health board tested the samples. However, they were not included in a 5.32 million, EPA-led environmental investigation in the area.