Air Corps chemicals order to be challenged

The State Claims Agency is to appeal a discovery order granted to a chronically ill man who is seeking a list of the chemicals he was exposed to while working as a technician in the Air Corps.

Gavin Tobin is one of seven former Air Corps members taking cases against the State, claiming they are suffering from a variety of illnesses as a result of their unnecessary exposure to chemicals while cleaning and maintaining the force’s aircraft.

Mr Tobin has received the medical opinion of a toxico-pathologist who states that his various medical complaints and organic Encephalopathy — or brain disorders — are as a direct result of chemicals he used while working at the Air Corps headquarters at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, in Dublin.