Thalidomide campaigners have claimed that the process has stalled and have sought a meeting in recent months with Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Mr Harris, who is now Tanaiste.

The drug thalidomide was withdrawn in 1961 after it was shown to have caused birth defects in thousands of children worldwide. More than a decade later, Paul Foot railed against the political ...

As Shabana Mahmood announces a new migration crackdown, it is time to look again at the UK’s relationship with the ECHR, writes former home secretary Jack Straw. The Strasbourg court is guilty of over ...

Jennifer Bradley was told in 1970 that the DES drug prescribed during pregnancy was ‘completely safe’ - but it has left her daughter with lifelong gynaecological issues ...

In 2020, Darzalex Faspro (the Sub-Q version) changed the game. The infusion time went from three hours (or an hour and a half ...

The lesson is not to fear a conspiracy, but to keep refining our definitions, sharpening our science, and remembering that ...

Nandhini Srinivasan has been awarded the 2026 Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship in Investigative Journalism. The nine-month ...

Hundreds of women have formed DES Justice UK after an ITV News investigation highlighted the failures of health authorities to act on safety warnings.

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The Department of Justice has yet to release $88 million appropriated by Congress for victim services. In Maine, Preble Street is among those being affected. Alicia Peters, Ph.D., is an associate ...