Ban on gay men donating blood angers students

A group of students in Cork are lodging a formal complaint to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS).

Ban on gay men donating blood angers students

A group of students in Cork are lodging a formal complaint to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS).

The students, who are attached to UCC , say the IBTS policy of refusing to accept blood donations from gay men is nothing short of "medieval".

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