Organ retention inquiry to drag on

A STATE inquiry into how dead people’s organs were retained by hospitals without consent is likely to drag on for years, it was claimed yesterday.

The Dunne inquiry into the organ retention scandal missed its Christmas deadline for completing its examination of children's hospitals.

The inquiry, which has already cost the taxpayer over €7 million, is still preparing its report on the children’s hospitals and has not told the Department of Health when it will finish.