DNA samples to be taken from all serious offenders

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has announced that people who have been in jail in the past for serious offences will be sampled for the new DNA database.

DNA samples to be taken from all serious offenders
Thu, 04 Mar, 2010 - 13:56

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has announced that people who have been in jail in the past for serious offences will be sampled for the new DNA database.

Minister Ahern was outlining the new forensic evidence legislation in the Dáil.

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