Ban on gay men donating blood angers students
A group of students in Cork are lodging a formal complaint to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS).
The students, who are attached to UCC , say the IBTS policy of refusing to accept blood donations from gay men is nothing short of "medieval".
The policy is based on guidelines from the Council of Europe, identifying gay men as a risk group for HIV infection.
However, the Students Union at UCC says that the current Department of Health figures show homosexual men are no longer the highest risk group contracting HIV and the situation needs to be re-examined.
