The Irish Thalidomide Association (ITA) met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris on Thursday afternoon to ...
Drug was removed from most markets in 1961 following links to birth defects, but was sold in Ireland until 1964 ...
A Kerry member of the Thalidomide Association says the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have taken responsibility for the process for ...
The Government has met Thalidomide survivors in Dublin and outlined a series of measures to help them, including the provision of medical cards.
The two leaders confirmed that the health minister has agreed to provide discretionary medical cards to unacknowledged ...
But the babies whose mothers took thalidomide in the United States were largely forgotten. Today, more than half a century later, people who believe they are the U.S. survivors of thalidomide have ...
Thalidomide survivors are hoping that a meeting with the Taoiseach and Tanaiste will result in “a shift in the dial” for the thalidomide resolution process. Thalidomide was prescribed to pregnant ...
It is up to the current Government now to show it can do better by thalidomide survivors and families than previous ...