# assisted-suicide - Thursday 24 September, 2020
# assisted-suicide - Sunday 1 December, 2019
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
Vicky Phelan has told the Irish Mail on Sunday that she is in favour of euthanasia.
# assisted-suicide - Saturday 21 September, 2019
# Amarach Poll
# Amarach Poll
Campaigners have called for changes to the Irish law on assisted dying.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 21 May, 2019
# Vincent Lambert
# Vincent Lambert
Vincent Lambert is at the centre of a hugely controversial court case.
# assisted-suicide - Friday 2 November, 2018
# New Precedent
# New Precedent
The judge said Graham Morant “took advantage” of a “sick and depressed woman”.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 22 November, 2017
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
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
# Late Late Show
# Late Late Show
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
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
Halligan is now trying to find a workable mechanism that will bring the bill before the Dáil.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 21 November, 2016
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
Halligan said he is planning to introduce a bill proposing to make assisted suicide legal in Ireland.
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 14 April, 2016
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
“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
# Euthanasia
# Euthanasia
Independent TD John Halligan introduced ‘right to die’ legislation in the Dáil today.
# assisted-suicide - Saturday 12 September, 2015
# Brittany Maynard
# Brittany Maynard
Opponents said the measure could prompt premature suicides.
# assisted-suicide - Sunday 2 August, 2015
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
A healthy nurse has ended her life in a Swiss clinic.
# assisted-suicide - Friday 5 June, 2015
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
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
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
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
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
O’Rorke met with TDs at Dáil Eireann today to discuss a “long overdue” bill on assisted suicide.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 26 May, 2015
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
The death of Briton Jeffrey Spector is set to reignite the debate over assisted suicide in the UK.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
# Marie Fleming
# Marie Fleming
Tom Curran said TDs are ‘willing to break ranks’ to support his right-to-die law.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 28 April, 2015
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
How is assisting a suicide illegal? The legal answer is complicated.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 27 April, 2015
# assisted-suicide - Friday 24 April, 2015
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
The jury were ordered to acquit her due to a lack of evidence.
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 23 April, 2015
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
Gail O’Rorke has named a woman who she says was with her friend when she died.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 22 April, 2015
# Courts
# Courts
The taxi driver has pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding and abetting a suicide.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 20 April, 2015
# Court
# Court
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
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
The first trial of a person charged for assisting suicide will take place this year.
# IN COURT
# IN COURT
Gail O’Rorke is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 6 November, 2014
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
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
# Criticism
# Criticism
The 29-year-old was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
# assisted-suicide - Monday 3 November, 2014
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
“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
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
From 2008-2012, two Irish people went to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.
# assisted-suicide - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide
Paul Lamb wants the legal right to end his life with the help of a medic.
# assisted-suicide - Thursday 12 June, 2014
# Multiple Sclerosis
# Multiple Sclerosis
Smoking cannabis helped with pain, spasms and to lift her mood, Tom Curran revealed today.
# So Closer
From The Daily Edge
# So Closer
She’s spotted it, of course.
# assisted-suicide - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
Dignitas helped a total of 202 people to die last year.
# assisted-suicide - Sunday 22 December, 2013
# Right To Die
# Right To Die
The grief and mourning for the 59-year-old was palpable in Avoca today.
# assisted-suicide - Friday 20 December, 2013
# assisted-suicide - Friday 13 December, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# Courts
# Courts
The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Ireland.
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