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Wednesday 2 December 2020
Street artist ACHES says he’s going to cover up the word “FREED” that someone wrote across her forehead.
Together for Yes said the legislation must be enacted as quickly as possible.
Her name and face are known the country over. She left a mark on Ireland, its medical care and its laws.
“One woman told us how she was calculating how to throw herself in front of a truck or which bridge to jump off.”
The I-MEWS system was established in the wake of the death of Savita Halappanavar.
The vigils will take place in Dublin and Galway.
Temperatures of up to 22 degrees today… Here’s everything you need to know as you start your Thursday.
One year on, TDs and Senators reflect on what it was like to be part of one of the most contentious political debates in decades.
The Irish tweeted about everything from lapgate to Anglotapes, Seamus Heaney to the Late Late (among other things).
The vigils took place simultaneously in Galway, Dublin and Cork.
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start this Bank Holiday Monday.
The West/North West Hospital Group said that, if appropriate, staff will be referred to the proper authorities but that “in many instances there will be no case to answer.”
The executive said that the team looking at Hiqa’s recommendations will report “on a very frequent basis” but that at present “it’s very early days”.
The Minister for Health James Reilly said the health budget does not have a deficit of €500 million as reported widely today.
Tania McCabe’s father-in-law told TheJournal.ie that he wants a routine test for sepsis introduced in Irish hospitals.
The Tánaiste said that the report into the death of Savita Halappanavar raised fundemental questions about whether ‘there somebody not doing their job or not’.
National Maternity Hospital clinical director, Dr Peter Boylan, has raised concerns about the level of staffing in maternity care in response to the third report into the death of Savita Halappanavar published yesterday.
“Young patients don’t just die,” said Nuala Lucas of HIQA yesterday as she spoke of deficiencies in staffing, knowledge, guidelines and protocol.
Only five of the 19 maternity units in Ireland have learned from the tragic deaths of the garda sergeant and one of her twin boys.
Everybody’s talking about Savita, arrests in connection with a murder, and a cash-in-transit robbery.
The apology comes after the publication of a damning HIQA report into Savita’s treatment at University Hospital Galway.
A report from HIQA details the care received by Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway in October 2012.
Red crosses show points at which intervention might have helped Savita in the four days before she died at University Hospital Galway one year ago.
The march, organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign, was held to call for free and safe legal abortion for women in Ireland — coinciding with a global ‘day of action’.
The Irish Times reports this morning that a termination of a twin pregnancy was carried out on a patient at risk of sepsis – the first to be performed under new legislation.
Dozens of pro-life protesters are maintaining their vigil as deputies arrive ahead of today’s abortion vote. Pro-choice campaigners said there were “tensions” between the groups overnight.
Meanwhile, Savita Halappanavar’s family have taken legal proceedings against the HSE for alleged negligence.
Here are the nine stories you need to know as you kick off your day.
The sub-committee on health has been discussing a series of amendments to the abortion bill aimed at “underlining urgency”.
Kenny’s statement that he’s ‘not a Catholic Taoiseach’ has been criticised by American Cardinal Raymond L. Burke.
Noel Daly also moved to reassure the public that the hospital has implemented all of the interim recommendations.
The professor says the Government needs to look at changing the law to minimise the risk of such a case happening again.
The review also calls for greater clarity on options available to doctors in cases of “inevitable miscarriage”.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
The Health Service Executive has published its report of the investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar this afternoon.
The HSE’s clinical review report is due to be published this afternoon.
Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day…
The hearings will be broadcast live from this Friday on television and the internet.
The new law is a draft and some important issues raised by its publication need clarification, write law experts Jennifer Schweppe and Dr Eimear Spain.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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Ronan Mullen said his comment about Savita Halappanavar 'could be reworded'. Here's what he said
A defiant Mullen rejected all criticisms of his comments in a statement today.