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# marie-fleming - 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.
# marie-fleming - 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.
# marie-fleming - 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.
# marie-fleming - 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.
# marie-fleming - 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.
# marie-fleming - Saturday 3 January, 2015
Ireland's euthanasia laws are some of the most strict in Europe
Here’s a look at the situation in other countries.
# marie-fleming - Saturday 30 August, 2014
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.
# marie-fleming - Sunday 13 July, 2014
Medicinal marijuana drug means end to buying drugs on the street
Tom Curran, partner of Marie Fleming, has welcomed the news that Savitex will be available to patients in Ireland.
# marie-fleming - Friday 13 June, 2014
Poll: Should medicinal cannabis be legalised?
Good idea? Bad idea?
# marie-fleming - 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.
# marie-fleming - Sunday 9 March, 2014
"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.
# marie-fleming - Saturday 8 March, 2014
Partner of Marie Fleming drafting new right-to-die legislation Exclusive
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.
# marie-fleming - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
One Irish person used Swiss euthanasia clinic last year
Dignitas helped a total of 202 people to die last year.
# marie-fleming - 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.
# marie-fleming - Friday 20 December, 2013
Woman who took right-to-die case, Marie Fleming, has passed away
She was 59 years old.
The 9 at 9: Friday
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# marie-fleming - Tuesday 26 November, 2013
“This is the worst small country in the western world to be sick in”
It emerged today that MS sufferer Marie Fleming was asked by the HSE to provide proof of her condition in order to have her medical card renewed.
Here’s what happened today: Tuesday
Today everyone’s been talking about the HSE’s €2.6 million payout, Marie Fleming being asked to provide proof of her illness and why President Higgins’ adviser left her job.
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
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# marie-fleming - Thursday 21 November, 2013
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.
# marie-fleming - Wednesday 29 May, 2013
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.
# marie-fleming - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Poll: Should the government legislate for assisted suicide with safeguards?
Yesterday, Marie Fleming was told in the Supreme Court that her ‘right to die’ appeal was being dismissed – but a judge said that the Oireachtas could legislate to deal with cases such as this.
Supreme Court: Ireland has a right to life, not a right to die
There was standing-room only in the small courtroom on Monday morning as the 7 judges ruled that Marie Fleming, who has MS, did not have the right to end her own life with help from her partner.
# marie-fleming - Monday 29 April, 2013
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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.
The 5 at 5: Monday
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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’.
# marie-fleming - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Supreme Court to deliver verdict in ‘right to die’ case next week
The court will deliver a verdict in the case of Marie Fleming who is seeking to overturn the ban on assisted suicide.
# marie-fleming - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
'Right-to-die' appeal to be heard by Supreme Court today
Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, wants to overturn the laws which make it a criminal offence to help someone take their own life.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
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# marie-fleming - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
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Column: Legal clarity needed after Marie Fleming 'right to die' verdict
By not ordering the DPP to issue guidelines on factors which would influence a prosecution for carrying out an assisted suicide, Marie Fleming and others in her situation have been left in legal limbo, writes Dr Eimear Spain.
'Right to die' challenge to go to the Supreme Court
Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, is to take her court case to the Supreme Court after she lost a High Court case on the ban on assisted suicide.
# marie-fleming - Thursday 10 January, 2013
High Court rejects MS sufferer's challenge in 'right to die' case
Marie Fleming, who suffers from terminal multiple sclerosis, fails in her attempt to have suicide laws declared unconstitutional.
High Court to deliver landmark verdict on assisted suicide today
MS sufferer Marie Fleming has challenged Ireland’s ban on assisted suicide, saying she faces a long and “horrible death” if not allowed to die on her own terms.
# marie-fleming - Friday 14 December, 2012
Court to rule on assisted suicide case on 10 January
Marie Fleming, who has MS, is challenging criminal law on the issue of it being an offence to help a person take their own life.
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Poll: Should voting in the Seanad election be extended?
AS GOVERNMENT-FORMATION talks continue post-general election, some focus is now turning to the Seanad election.
The upper house consists of 60 senators who are appointed or elected in three different ways: The Taoiseach’s nominees, panels and the university panel.
There has been much discussion about the Seanad in recent years with many people viewing it as elitist and in need of being reformed or scrapped altogether. The public was asked in a referendum in October 2013 whether the Seanad should be abolished – 51.7% said No, 48.27% said Yes.
The public previously voted to extend voting rights to all graduates of Irish third-level institutions, but a law allowing this to happen has never been enacted. However, many people argue this is still unfair given how many others would still be unable to vote.
What do you think: Should voting in the Seanad election be extended?
Poll Results:
Yes, to every citizen over 18 (2536)
The Seanad should be reformed or scrapped (1868)
Yes, to all third-level graduates (717)
No, it's fine the way it is (548)
I'm not sure (116)
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