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Tuesday 20 October 2020
The bill is set to be debated next Thursday.
Vicky Phelan has told the Irish Mail on Sunday that she is in favour of euthanasia.
Campaigners have called for changes to the Irish law on assisted dying.
Vincent Lambert is at the centre of a hugely controversial court case.
The judge said Graham Morant “took advantage” of a “sick and depressed woman”.
Prominent Right to Die with Dignity campaigner Tom Curran appeared before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality today.
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Gail O’Rorke was acquitted in 2015 of three counts of assisting in the suicide of her friend Bernadette Forde in 2011.
Halligan is now trying to find a workable mechanism that will bring the bill before the Dáil.
Halligan said he is planning to introduce a bill proposing to make assisted suicide legal in Ireland.
“The plan we put forward is one that respects Canadians’ choices while putting into place the kinds of safeguards needed.”
Independent TD John Halligan introduced ‘right to die’ legislation in the Dáil today.
Opponents said the measure could prompt premature suicides.
A healthy nurse has ended her life in a Swiss clinic.
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.
Gail O’Rorke was the first person in the state to be tried and acquitted of assisting in her friend’s suicide.
O’Rorke met with TDs at Dáil Eireann today to discuss a “long overdue” bill on assisted suicide.
The death of Briton Jeffrey Spector is set to reignite the debate over assisted suicide in the UK.
Tom Curran said TDs are ‘willing to break ranks’ to support his right-to-die law.
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The jury were ordered to acquit her due to a lack of evidence.
Gail O’Rorke has named a woman who she says was with her friend when she died.
The taxi driver has pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding and abetting a suicide.
A woman who was a friend of the dead woman is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.
The first trial of a person charged for assisting suicide will take place this year.
Gail O’Rorke is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.
As a compassionate society, must have the courage to face up to the question of terminal illness and euthanasia.
The 29-year-old was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
“I don’t want to die. But I am dying. And I want to die on my own terms.”
From 2008-2012, two Irish people went to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.
Paul Lamb wants the legal right to end his life with the help of a medic.
Smoking cannabis helped with pain, spasms and to lift her mood, Tom Curran revealed today.
She’s spotted it, of course.
Dignitas helped a total of 202 people to die last year.
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The grief and mourning for the 59-year-old was palpable in Avoca today.
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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.
The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Ireland.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
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