Vaccine trials: Unravelling the drug trials scandal

Since around 1997, investigators have been trying to get to the bottom of vaccine trials, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

Bessborough Memorial

THE current commission of investigation into mother-and-baby homes is the second State inquiry that will attempt to examine the issue of vaccine trials carried out on children in the homes.

Further revelations in the Irish Examiner this week showed that the files of vaccine trial victims in Bessborough mother-and-baby home were altered in 2002 — just weeks after the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse sought discovery of records from the order running the home. The revelation will no doubt be examined as part of the latest inquiry.