Widow claims vaccine led to garda husband’s death

THE widow of a Limerick garda who died after a long illness said she believes her husband contracted a fatal illness as a result of a vaccine he received before going on United Nations duty.

Garda Brendan Campbell, who was from Lisnagry, died on March 13 at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital four years after becoming ill.

Garda Campbell received a hepatitis B vaccine in June 2004 at the medical unit in Garda Headquarters in Dublin as he prepared to take up international policing duties with the UN.