Not just any assisted suicide campaigner – this is Gail O’Rorke, who, you might remember, was acquitted in 2015 of helping her friend, Bernadette Forde, take her own life. She was on the hard shoulder on Newstalk yesterday, and was very clear about what she thought of the assisted suicide bill. Too restrictive, she says, […]
New figures from the Netherlands have shown that suicide numbers went up by 34% in that country after assisted suicide was legalised – at a time when the numbers of deaths by suicide fell in neighbouring countries in the same period. Professor Theo Boer, who at first supported the euthanasia law and was a member […]
As if covid-19 and criminal government incompetence in the nursing homes wasn’t bad enough, our politicians latest push is to introduce euthanasia for the sick, the elderly and other such vulnerable categories. Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
Micheál Martin? Kicking a controversial issue over to a special committee to report back in a year or so? Nah, can’t be right. Breaking: Government to table an amendment to Dying with Dignity Bill to allow a special committee examine issue…could delay passage of bill up to a year.. @Ginosocialist informed by ministers @HMcEntee and […]
A Canadian doctor has warned that the number of people dying by assisted suicide increased five-fold in Canada after it was legalised in 2016 on ‘limited grounds’. Dr Martin Owen, writing in the Irish Times responded to those who argued that the Dáil should look to countries such as Canada when considering whether it was […]
Recently I addressed a group of Parliamentarians in London about assisted suicide and euthanasia. My talk, which coincided with World Suicide Prevention day, sought to address the unintended consequences of legalising assisted suicide and euthanasia in the Netherlands. One of the arguments we hear is that assisted dying will bring down the number of violent […]
A leading medical expert has said that the Assisted Suicide bill ignores the better option of good palliative care, and pointed to a High Court ruling saying that it would be “impossible” to ensure that older and more vulnerable people would be protected from coming under pressure to end their lives. Dr Anthony O’Brien, Clinical […]
As for all the years of campaigning by groups trying to prevent suicide, they may or may not realise that the uphill battle they have been fighting has suddenly become a cliff over which the likes of Kenny would gladly offer many the “choice” of jumping.
People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny, doesn’t seem to know the contents of his own Bill – the proposed legislation he will introduce to the Dáil this afternoon which seeks to make Assisted Suicide legal. In a debate on Newstalk 106 yesterday, the Dublin West TD stumbled repeatedly when challenged by commentator David Quinn about […]
The recent debate around assisted suicide has shown that many in public life, rather than choosing compassion, solidarity and care decide to choose the extreme and egotistic approach. As a society we have a responsibility to care for the sick, old and the young. They deserve to be treated with dignity, hence instead of pushing […]
A Private Members’ Bill seeking to permit assisted suicide will be debated in the Dáil soon. It is proposed by Solidarity-People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny. The last time when this issue was discussed in Leinster House, three years ago, some of the strongest opposition came from the members of the medical profession and disability […]
The media campaign for euthanasia appears to be well under way at the moment. While various broadcasters and columnists have been issuing a call for a debate on this issue, it’s very difficult to see what we are being presented with as anything other than a push for euthansia. It is displayed almost too neatly […]