# assisted-suicide - Sunday 1 December, 2019
Vicky Phelan has told the Irish Mail on Sunday that she is in favour of euthanasia.
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# assisted-suicide - Saturday 21 September, 2019
Campaigners have called for changes to the Irish law on assisted dying.
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# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 21 May, 2019
Vincent Lambert is at the centre of a hugely controversial court case.
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# assisted-suicide - Friday 2 November, 2018
The judge said Graham Morant “took advantage” of a “sick and depressed woman”.
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# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
Prominent Right to Die with Dignity campaigner Tom Curran appeared before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality today.
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# assisted-suicide - Saturday 4 February, 2017
Gail O’Rorke was acquitted in 2015 of three counts of assisting in the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde in 2011.
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# assisted-suicide - Sunday 11 December, 2016
Halligan is now trying to find a workable mechanism that will bring the bill before the Dáil.
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# assisted-suicide - Monday 21 November, 2016
Halligan said he is planning to introduce a bill proposing to make assisted suicide legal in Ireland.
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# assisted-suicide - Thursday 14 April, 2016
“The plan we put forward is one that respects Canadians’ choices while putting into place the kinds of safeguards needed.”
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# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 15 December, 2015
Independent TD John Halligan introduced ‘right to die’ legislation in the Dáil today.
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# assisted-suicide - Saturday 12 September, 2015
Opponents said the measure could prompt premature suicides.
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# assisted-suicide - Sunday 2 August, 2015
A healthy nurse has ended her life in a Swiss clinic.
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# assisted-suicide - Friday 5 June, 2015
The man’s parents had been fighting to keep him on life support though his wife had said he would not want to be kept alive.
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# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 2 June, 2015
Gail O’Rorke was the first person in the state to be tried and acquitted of assisting in her friend’s suicide.
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# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 27 May, 2015
O’Rorke met with TDs at Dáil Eireann today to discuss a “long overdue” bill on assisted suicide.
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# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 26 May, 2015
The death of Briton Jeffrey Spector is set to reignite the debate over assisted suicide in the UK.
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# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
Tom Curran said TDs are ‘willing to break ranks’ to support his right-to-die law.
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# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 28 April, 2015
How is assisting a suicide illegal? The legal answer is complicated.
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# assisted-suicide - Monday 27 April, 2015
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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# assisted-suicide - Friday 24 April, 2015
The jury were ordered to acquit her due to a lack of evidence.
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# assisted-suicide - Thursday 23 April, 2015
Gail O’Rorke has named a woman who she says was with her friend when she died.
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# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 22 April, 2015
The taxi driver has pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding and abetting a suicide.
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# assisted-suicide - Monday 20 April, 2015
A woman who was a friend of the dead woman is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.
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# assisted-suicide - Monday 13 April, 2015
The first trial of a person charged for assisting suicide will take place this year.
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Gail O’Rorke is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.
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# assisted-suicide - Thursday 6 November, 2014
As a compassionate society, must have the courage to face up to the question of terminal illness and euthanasia.
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# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
The 29-year-old was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
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# assisted-suicide - Monday 3 November, 2014
Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
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# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
“I don’t want to die. But I am dying. And I want to die on my own terms.”
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# assisted-suicide - Thursday 21 August, 2014
From 2008-2012, two Irish people went to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.
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# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
Paul Lamb wants the legal right to end his life with the help of a medic.
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# assisted-suicide - Thursday 12 June, 2014
Smoking cannabis helped with pain, spasms and to lift her mood, Tom Curran revealed today.
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She’s spotted it, of course.
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# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
Dignitas helped a total of 202 people to die last year.
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# assisted-suicide - Sunday 22 December, 2013
The grief and mourning for the 59-year-old was palpable in Avoca today.
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# assisted-suicide - Friday 20 December, 2013
Good morning! Here are nine things you want to know as you start your day.
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# assisted-suicide - Friday 13 December, 2013
Today, the case began of Gail O’Rorke who has been charged under the Criminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993 for assisting an MS sufferer to die.
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The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Ireland.
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# assisted-suicide - Saturday 23 November, 2013
Plus: How many people can’t name their MEP? Hint: A lot.
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