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Monday 21 September 2020
Simon Harris said the protests held outside Holles Street yesterday were ‘sickening’.
The issue was discussed on Liveline earlier today.
Activists are taking a long view, as they hope to one day change Irish abortion law.
Restrictions passed by a number of US States recently are expected to be blocked in lower courts and eventually appealed to the Supreme Court.
Aontú has 53 candidates running in the local elections.
Many of those protesting referring to her support for the Repeal campaign.
Some of the more memorable moments.
An investigation by TheJournal.ie and OpenDemocracy has found that at least two pro-life groups have applied for copies of the register for different local authorities.
Schools across the country were sent letters in the last week asking for a promotional DVD to be played to students in the senior cycle.
The No side said earlier this week that the government had a hand in lobbying for the Google decision to ban all adverts.
The Fianna Fáil leader said each person ‘has a personal responsibility as a citizen’ to decide where they stand on the issue.
More than 170,000 females have travelled to another country for a termination since 1980.
For the first time, the Tánaiste speaks of his family’s own personal tragedy in pregnancy.
The parking of the ‘No’ mobile billboard vehicle caused some concern.
The Sinn Féin leader said party members that vote against party policy in the Dáil will face consequences.
The 23-month-old child has been in a coma for over a year and needs a ventilator to keep him breathing.
Minister Eoghan Murphy made the announcement this afternoon.
Earlier, Simon Harris outlined details of a policy paper on the proposed abortion legislation.
Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty says she isn’t sure if the referendum will pass.
The URL repealeight.ie brings users to a pro-choice website but repealeighth.ie is a pro-life site.
A two-day debate on the abortion issue kicks off on Wednesday.
A referendum is set to be held on the issue next year.
Representatives from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and support group One Day More addressed the Eighth Amendment Committee today.
Professor Patricia Casey has accused the committee of being biased.
An opposing motion was defeated by a vote of party members.
A referendum on the topic is set to take place next year.
Reuters, the New York Times and French newspaper Le Monde covered the demonstration.
Meanwhile, the pro-life campaign is holding awareness events at 21 locations across the country.
In pushing for abortion the UN is seriously undermining its human rights mission, writes Niamh Uí Bhriain.
The ASA found a billboard claiming 100,000 lives were saved as a result of Northern Ireland’s abortion laws was not misleading.
Abortion providers have criticised organisers for ‘intimidating’ women.
A referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment is expected to take place next year.
The details are contained in the latest Broadcasting Association of Ireland report.
The group planning the events, the Irish Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, is seeking volunteers and donations.
The Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution met in private today.
More than 3,200 women and girls travelled from Ireland to the UK for terminations last year.
Study from the British Medical Journal say the pills offer ‘an alternative to unsafe methods’
The Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendation will be sent to the Oireachtas.
Under Jessica Farrar’s proposal, men would be fined for masturbating.
Similar demonstrations were staged in other cities around Ireland.
PUBS OUTSIDE DUBLIN that don’t serve food will be permitted to open today for the first time since March.
Strict measures will be in place: customers will not be able to sit at or order at the bar, and groups will be limited to six people from three different households, with distancing of at least one metre between each table.
If a pub can implement a distance of two metres, the 105-minute time limit for customers can be waived. All customers are to be off the premises by 11.30pm.
Amidst a rising number of cases in counties around the country, Professor Philip Nolan told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that although people outside of Dublin can go to the pub, “the question is should you, and how often”.
So, with that in mind, will you go to a ‘wet’ pub this week?
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