Biochemist on trial in Hep C infection case

The former Principal Biochemist in the Blood Transfusion Service Board, Cecily Cunningham, is to go on trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on charges relating to the infection of seven women with Hepatitis C.

Ms Cunningham (aged 66), of Hollybrook Road, Clontarf lost a High Court bid to stop her trial on the charges which have arisen from alleged contaminated blood products.