Retired soldier withdraws case against State over prescription of anti-malaria drug

Retired soldier Anthony Moore from Kilworth Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12 claimed that following his deployment to Liberia he began to experience various problems with his health.

A retired soldier has withdrawn his High Court case against the State alleging he should never have been prescribed the anti-malaria drug Lariam while serving overseas with the Defence Forces.

Anthony Moore, who spent 25 years in the military, claimed his mental and physical health has suffered greatly a result of taking Mefloquine Hydrochloride or Lariam when he served in the African counties of Liberia in 2005/06 and Chad in 2008.