Researcher appeals for return of stolen laptops

A MEDICAL researcher, anxious about the safety of three years of detailed work which was stored on computers that were stolen from her, has appealed for the return of the vital data.

Dr Mary Herzig, a paediatrician in Galway, had nearly completed her research on children with cystic fibrosis when thieves struck.

The research material — contained on three laptops and a memory stick — was stolen in a night-time raid on her house in the suburbs of Galway last week while Dr Herzig and her husband slept upstairs.