Meet the guardians of the country's DNA

From fingerprinting, to forensics, criminal databse, and chemical analysis of the latest drugs, Cianan Brennan takes a tour of Forensic Science Ireland's lab

DNA, the building blocks of all genetic life, is the chief purpose of FSI’s new €100m campus at Backweston in Co Kildare, just beyond the Dublin City limits. Pictires: Maxwells Dublin

The three-storey laboratory building may have FSI (Forensic Science Ireland) written on it, but the acronym that drives some of the most stringent security measures you’ll see in Ireland isn’t FSI, it’s DNA.

DNA, the building blocks of all genetic life, is the chief purpose of FSI’s new €100m campus at Backweston in Co Kildare, just beyond the Dublin City limits.