'He doesn't know the facts': Thalidomide survivors criticise Taoiseach's comments

There was a deliberate choice not to withdraw the drug from the market when the dangers emerged as other jurisdictions, including the US, had done, Fiona Cassidy said. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The Taoiseach's recent comments on the Thalidomide scandal are being branded as "misleading" by survivors. 

Speaking on Saturday, Leo Varadkar said he was sorry for those affected, but that it happened "at a time when the State didn’t regulate any medicines in the way that it does now".