Minister must launch probe

CALLS for a probe into the disappearance of vital medical samples that went missing during a major environmental investigation should elicit a positive response from Health Minister Micheál Martin.

Every parent will be moved by the plight of the family at the centre of this controversy in an area with three times the national cancer rate.

Over the years the Geoghegan family of Askeaton, Co Limerick, has been dogged by illness, ranging from muscle and joint pains to stomach problems and skin irritation. Hundreds of farm animals have died mysteriously in the locality.