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# Right to die

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2022
# Euthanasia
Colombian dies publicly under new euthanasia policy
Hours before dying Victor Escobar, 60, celebrated what he called victory in his two-year battle with a lung ailment that left him unable to breathe on his own.
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Jan 8th 2022, 9:00 PM
# vicky phelan
Political system has 'dragged its heels' on right to die debate, says Sinn Féin's McDonald
Campaigners, including Vicky Phelan, have called on Government to introduce laws to allow for medically assisted death.
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Jan 2nd 2022, 11:56 AM
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# Dying with dignity
'What I am asking is to be given a choice': Vicky Phelan urges politicians to support Dying with Dignity Bill
The Dying with Dignity Bill will be introduced in the Dáil tomorrow.
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Sep 14th 2020, 3:34 PM
# Vincent Lambert
Vincent Lambert, man at centre of contentious right-to-die case in France, passes away
He died more than a decade after an accident that left him with severe brain damage.
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Jul 11th 2019, 8:50 AM
# Euthanasia
'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.
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Nov 22nd 2017, 7:02 PM
# Charlie Gard
Terminally ill baby boy at London hospital must be kept alive until at least Tuesday, court rules
Charlie Gard’s parents want to take the 10-month-old to the US for an experimental treatment.
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Jun 9th 2017, 6:24 PM
# Assisted Suicide
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.
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Dec 11th 2016, 7:15 AM
# Assisted Suicide
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.
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Nov 21st 2016, 6:50 PM
# Euthanasia
'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.
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Dec 15th 2015, 8:30 PM
# brittany maynard
California has legalised assisted suicide
Opponents said the measure could prompt premature suicides.
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Sep 12th 2015, 7:34 AM
# Right to die
Nearly 40 million more Americans are to be given access to euthanasia
California is set to legalise the practice.
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Sep 10th 2015, 3:38 PM
# Vincent Lambert
Outrage as campaigners release video of man at centre of right-to-die case
The video was taken last Friday — the same day that the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Lambert should be allowed to die.
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Jun 10th 2015, 6:45 PM
# Right to die
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.
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Jun 5th 2015, 11:00 AM
# euthanasia debate
Court to rule if quadriplegic man in vegetative state should be allowed to die
He is on life support after a car accident.
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Jun 4th 2015, 7:55 AM
# Right to die
Explainer: The facts about assisted suicide in Ireland
The first trial of a person charged for assisting suicide will take place this year.
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Apr 13th 2015, 5:30 PM
# mercy killing
Serial rapist will now NOT be euthanised, says Minister for Justice
The rapist had repeatedly asked that the state help him end his life due to “unbearable” psychological suffering.
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Jan 6th 2015, 1:22 PM
# Marie Fleming
Ireland's euthanasia laws are some of the most strict in Europe
Here’s a look at the situation in other countries.
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Jan 3rd 2015, 4:00 PM
# RIP
Funeral of woman taken off life support to take place today
The High Court ruled on St Stephen’s Day that doctors could withdraw life support for the woman.
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Dec 29th 2014, 10:30 AM
Voices
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.
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Nov 6th 2014, 1:23 PM
# Right to die
Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who planned her own death, has died
Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier this year.
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Nov 3rd 2014, 7:30 PM
# Right to die
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.”
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Oct 8th 2014, 6:33 PM
# Legislation
MS sufferer and right-to-die campaigner: 'If I was an animal...I'd be put to sleep'
Kate Tobin was diagnosed with the condition two years ago and says “Nobody can know the pain I’m going through”.
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Oct 1st 2014, 3:02 PM
# Marie Fleming
TDs will be asked to vote on new right-to-die laws before Christmas
Tom Curran, the partner of campaigner Marie Fleming who died last year, says new legislation he’s been working on is almost complete.
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Aug 30th 2014, 10:30 AM
# Assisted Suicide
Massive rise in 'suicide tourism' to Switzerland
From 2008-2012, two Irish people went to Switzerland for an assisted suicide.
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Aug 21st 2014, 7:15 AM
# Assisted Suicide
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.
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Jun 25th 2014, 8:13 PM
# recommendations
Convention recommends environmentalism, secularism and the right to die
The report of the Constitutional Convention recommends the removal of the blasphemy offence from the Irish Constitution.
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Mar 31st 2014, 3:58 PM
# sunday interview
"The whole thing really started before Marie died..": Right-to-die campaigner Tom Curran on his Wicklow council bid
The partner of Marie Fleming, whose court battle ignited a national campaign on right-to-die issues, is running in the the local elections this May.
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Mar 9th 2014, 8:45 AM
# tom curran
Partner of Marie Fleming drafting new right-to-die legislation
Tom Curran has asked a group of barristers to draft legislation on the issue, and says the initial work could be completed by the start of next month.
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Mar 8th 2014, 8:30 PM
# Right to die
Euthanasia for terminally ill children legalised in Belgium
In total, there were 86 votes in favour and 44 against from the country’s lower House of Representatives.
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Feb 13th 2014, 8:23 PM
# Right to die
One Irish person used Swiss euthanasia clinic last year
Dignitas helped a total of 202 people to die last year.
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Jan 14th 2014, 12:46 PM
# Right to die
Marie Fleming laid to rest this afternoon after Wicklow service
The grief and mourning for the 59-year-old was palpable in Avoca today.
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Dec 22nd 2013, 3:30 PM
# RIP
Woman who took right-to-die case, Marie Fleming, has passed away
She was 59 years old.
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Dec 20th 2013, 2:20 PM
Voices
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.
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Dec 13th 2013, 12:11 PM
# Leaders' Questions
Tánaiste: Assisted suicide is a topic we should address as human beings, as legislators
Eamon Gilmore has said that the issue of assisted suicide should be addressed in response to questions in the Dáil this morning.
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Nov 21st 2013, 12:53 PM
# Courts
Woman charged with assisting suicide in Dublin
Gail O’Rourke of Kilclare Gardens in Tallaght is charged with assisting in the suicide of another woman in Dublin in 2011.
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Nov 20th 2013, 10:55 PM
# Right to die
Taoiseach rejects plea to allow for assisted suicide
Enda Kenny was asked to ‘show some compassion’ to the family of terminally ill Marie Fleming and consider changes to the law.
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May 29th 2013, 3:41 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix… now with added Xtra-vision memories
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Apr 29th 2013, 7:50 PM
Voices
Column: Assisted suicide not permitted, but we still must find a humane path for these people
Today, seven judges from the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Marie Fleming, who had sought to be allowed an assisted suicide without the risk of prosecution for anyone who helped her, but where to next with this contentious debate, asks Dr Eimear Spain.
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Apr 29th 2013, 7:00 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Apr 29th 2013, 4:59 PM
# landmark case
Supreme Court dismisses Marie Fleming’s ‘right to die’ appeal
Chief Justice Susan Denham said the circumstances were “very tragic” but that there was no Constitutional ‘right to die’.
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Apr 29th 2013, 10:50 AM
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