Family warn of impulse holiday tattoos at Dublin inquest

The family of a man who said he contracted a blood borne infection from a tattoo he got abroad have warned of the dangers involved. 

The fifty year old man told his family he contracted the Hepatitis C virus after he went on holiday to Turkey and got a tattoo on impulse. The man was in his late twenties at the time and had been drinking, family members said.

Many who contract the virus remain symptom free for years before the infection attacks the liver and can lead to serious health problems.