Reilly makes no contact with Glaxo over vaccine

James Reilly, the children’s minister, has not made contact with GlaxoSmithKline in relation to the, previously undisclosed, fifth vaccine trial carried out on infants here in the 1960s.

Dr Reilly’s department also declined to state whether or not the latest revelations would lead to the issue being included in the upcoming investigation into mother and baby homes.

The admission comes after the Department of Health confirmed earlier this week that it had “no information” on where, or in what institution, the fifth trial was carried out.