DCU denies it had plans to host anti-vaccine film

Dublin City University has denied the suggestion that it had accepted a booking to host a controversial film by a discredited campaigner who claims there is a link between autism and vaccines.

Anti-vaccine campaigners plan to screen Vaxxed: From Cover-Up To Catastrophe in Ireland on May 5.

The film was directed by Andrew Wakefield, who was struck off the UK medical register in 2010 after being found guilty of professional misconduct in his research into a possible link between vaccines and autism.