Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you
Saturday 24 October 2020
The Dying with Dignity Bill will be introduced in the Dáil tomorrow.
He died more than a decade after an accident that left him with severe brain damage.
Prominent Right to Die with Dignity campaigner Tom Curran appeared before the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality today.
Charlie Gard’s parents want to take the 10-month-old to the US for an experimental treatment.
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.
Independent TD John Halligan introduced ‘right to die’ legislation in the Dáil today.
Opponents said the measure could prompt premature suicides.
California is set to legalise the practice.
The video was taken last Friday — the same day that the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Lambert should be allowed to die.
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.
He is on life support after a car accident.
The first trial of a person charged for assisting suicide will take place this year.
The rapist had repeatedly asked that the state help him end his life due to “unbearable” psychological suffering.
Here’s a look at the situation in other countries.
The High Court ruled on St Stephen’s Day that doctors could withdraw life support for the woman.
As a compassionate society, must have the courage to face up to the question of terminal illness and euthanasia.
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.”
Kate Tobin was diagnosed with the condition two years ago and says “Nobody can know the pain I’m going through”.
Tom Curran, the partner of campaigner Marie Fleming who died last year, says new legislation he’s been working on is almost complete.
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.
The report of the Constitutional Convention recommends the removal of the blasphemy offence from the Irish Constitution.
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.
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.
In total, there were 86 votes in favour and 44 against from the country’s lower House of Representatives.
Dignitas helped a total of 202 people to die last year.
The grief and mourning for the 59-year-old was palpable in Avoca today.
She was 59 years old.
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.
Eamon Gilmore has said that the issue of assisted suicide should be addressed in response to questions in the Dáil this morning.
Gail O’Rourke of Kilclare Gardens in Tallaght is charged with assisting in the suicide of another woman in Dublin in 2011.
Enda Kenny was asked to ‘show some compassion’ to the family of terminally ill Marie Fleming and consider changes to the law.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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.
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Chief Justice Susan Denham said the circumstances were “very tragic” but that there was no Constitutional ‘right to die’.
The court will deliver a verdict in the case of Marie Fleming who is seeking to overturn the ban on assisted suicide.
Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, wants to overturn the laws which make it a criminal offence to help someone take their own life.
WE’RE JUST OVER 10 days out from what has been called one of the most important US presidential elections ever.
The United States will vote on 3 November on whether to back four more years of a Donald Trump presidency or opt for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
TheJournal.ie will have you covered on the night itself and throughout the following day as results pour in.
Today, we want to know: Will you stay up to watch the US election?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Cloudy with occasional rain
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
Mainly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
