Supreme Court action delays Hep C infection trial

A stay has been put on fixing a Circuit Court trial date for the former principal biochemist in the Blood Transfusion Service Board on charges relating to the infection of women with Hepatitis C.

Ms Cecily 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 affecting seven women. She has lodged an appeal in the Supreme Court.