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#Assisted Suicide
# assisted-suicide - Sunday 1 December, 2019
3 in 5 people in Ireland support the legalisation of euthanasia
Vicky Phelan has told the Irish Mail on Sunday that she is in favour of euthanasia.
# assisted-suicide - Saturday 21 September, 2019
Majority of people support legalising assisted suicide in Ireland
Campaigners have called for changes to the Irish law on assisted dying.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 21 May, 2019
Life support resumes for man in controversial case after court reverses earlier decision
Vincent Lambert is at the centre of a hugely controversial court case.
# assisted-suicide - Friday 2 November, 2018
Australian man sentenced to 10 years in jail for assisting wife's suicide
The judge said Graham Morant “took advantage” of a “sick and depressed woman”.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
'What right do we have to tell a dying person they should continue to live in pain'
Prominent Right to Die with Dignity campaigner Tom Curran appeared before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality today.
# assisted-suicide - Saturday 4 February, 2017
Gail O'Rorke 'utterly free' of guilt about assisted suicide of friend
Gail O’Rorke was acquitted in 2015 of three counts of assisting in the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde in 2011.
# assisted-suicide - Sunday 11 December, 2016
John Halligan lobbying for support for right-to-die bill
Halligan is now trying to find a workable mechanism that will bring the bill before the Dáil.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 21 November, 2016
Junior Minister John Halligan's right-to-die bill may be "unusual" but there are no rules against it
Halligan said he is planning to introduce a bill proposing to make assisted suicide legal in Ireland.
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 14 April, 2016
Canada is looking to legalise assisted suicide - but not for tourists
“The plan we put forward is one that respects Canadians’ choices while putting into place the kinds of safeguards needed.”
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 15 December, 2015
'People should not suffer intolerable and horrible pain if they want to exit this life'
Independent TD John Halligan introduced ‘right to die’ legislation in the Dáil today.
# assisted-suicide - Saturday 12 September, 2015
California has legalised assisted suicide
Opponents said the measure could prompt premature suicides.
# assisted-suicide - Sunday 2 August, 2015
Poll: Would you consider euthanasia while still healthy?
A healthy nurse has ended her life in a Swiss clinic.
# assisted-suicide - Friday 5 June, 2015
European court rules French doctors can turn off Vincent Lambert's life support
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.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 2 June, 2015
Gail O'Rorke: 'When I received the phone call to say I'd been charged I collapsed to the floor'
Gail O’Rorke was the first person in the state to be tried and acquitted of assisting in her friend’s suicide.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 27 May, 2015
"I was going to keep quiet... but this is bigger than myself" - Gail O'Rorke
O’Rorke met with TDs at Dáil Eireann today to discuss a “long overdue” bill on assisted suicide.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 26 May, 2015
A man with non-terminal cancer has travelled abroad to take his own life after a final meal with family
The death of Briton Jeffrey Spector is set to reignite the debate over assisted suicide in the UK.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
Assisted suicide could be introduced in Ireland
Tom Curran said TDs are ‘willing to break ranks’ to support his right-to-die law.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 28 April, 2015
Gail O'Rorke found not guilty of assisting the suicide of her friend
How is assisting a suicide illegal? The legal answer is complicated.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 27 April, 2015
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# assisted-suicide - Friday 24 April, 2015
Gail O'Rorke cleared on two charges of assisting the suicide of her friend
The jury were ordered to acquit her due to a lack of evidence.
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 23 April, 2015
Gail O'Rorke says someone else was with her friend when she took her own life
Gail O’Rorke has named a woman who she says was with her friend when she died.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 22 April, 2015
Woman accused of assisting a suicide was left 30% of the deceased's estate
The taxi driver has pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding and abetting a suicide.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 20 April, 2015
Jury in assisted suicide case hears the last words of dead woman
A woman who was a friend of the dead woman is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 13 April, 2015
Explainer: The facts about assisted suicide in Ireland
The first trial of a person charged for assisting suicide will take place this year.
Woman charged with assisting suicide faces further wait for trial
Gail O’Rorke is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 6 November, 2014
Opinion: Brittany Maynard deserves our compassion – and her bravery deserves our attention
As a compassionate society, must have the courage to face up to the question of terminal illness and euthanasia.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
Vatican official calls Brittany Maynard's assisted suicide 'wicked'
The 29-year-old was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 3 November, 2014
Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who planned her own death, has died
Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
A 29-year-old woman explains why she's planned her death - next month
“I don’t want to die. But I am dying. And I want to die on my own terms.”
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 21 August, 2014
Massive rise in 'suicide tourism' to Switzerland
From 2008-2012, two Irish people went to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
UK man paralysed in road accident loses 'right to die' court battle
Paul Lamb wants the legal right to end his life with the help of a medic.
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 12 June, 2014
Cannabis helped Marie Fleming 'in lots of ways that prescribed drugs weren't able to'
Smoking cannabis helped with pain, spasms and to lift her mood, Tom Curran revealed today.
Unfortunate Katie Hopkins-related typo in Closer magazine
She’s spotted it, of course.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
One Irish person used Swiss euthanasia clinic last year
Dignitas helped a total of 202 people to die last year.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning! Here are nine things you need to know as you start your day.
# assisted-suicide - Sunday 22 December, 2013
Marie Fleming laid to rest this afternoon after Wicklow service
The grief and mourning for the 59-year-old was palpable in Avoca today.
# assisted-suicide - Friday 20 December, 2013
The 9 at 9: Friday
Good morning! Here are nine things you want to know as you start your day.
# assisted-suicide - Friday 13 December, 2013
Column: Families who assist their loved ones to die will continue to feel the full wrath of the law if it is not changed
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.
Woman accused of assisting in suicide is in court today
The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Ireland.
# assisted-suicide - Saturday 23 November, 2013
Madonna, blaas and Dubliners: The week in numbers
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Poll: Have you started any new TV series recently?
PEOPLE AROUND IRELAND and across the world are spending a lot more time indoors than most of us are used to.
This means evenings in, more free time and finding ways to keep children occupied.
Between Netflix, Amazon Prime and the latest Disney+ and regular television channels, there are plenty of ways to watch the latest series or catch up on some older ones.
Let us know which shows you’ve been watching in the comments.
So today we’re asking: Have you started any new TV series recently?
Poll Results:
Yes, I've started one or two (4298)
No, I still don't have time (960)
No, I'm not interested (903)
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By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
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