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# Assisted Dying

Last month
January 2025
Cautious optimism on future of assisted dying despite omission from Programme for Government
Last year
2024
Will Northern Ireland allow assisted dying after Westminster backed a bill to make it legal?
MPs back historic bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales
Explained: UK parliament set to vote on contentious assisted dying bill
Archbishop Eamon Martin calls on NI MPs to reject assisted dying bill during Westminster vote
Explainer: What does the Dáil vote on assisted dying mean?
Dáil votes in favour of motion to 'taking note' of assisted dying report
'Waste of time': FG TD raises concerns Assisted Dying law will not happen in this Dáil or next
'Vote of conscience': Micheál Martin says FF TDs will have free vote on assisted dying report
Archbishop urges people to 'strongly oppose' assisted dying legislation ahead of next election
People with intellectual disabilities ‘vulnerable’ to assisted dying proposals, say Catholic bishops
FactCheck: Are psychiatric patients in Canada given leaflets for assisted dying when they go to A&E?
Opinion: Assisted dying – we should learn from what's happening in Canada
Seána Glennon
Psychiatrists group head calls for improvements in palliative care, opposed to euthanasia
The Assisted Dying Committee released its landmark report backing new laws - here's why a split emerged
Assisted dying should be made legal in Ireland, committee of TDs and senators say in landmark report
Assisted Dying laws 'not going to be easy' as division emerges on eve of final report
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The Explainer: How is Ireland planning to legislate on assisted dying?
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Committee to recommend legislation for assisted dying for those with between 6 to 12 months to live
Gino Kenny: 'The time has come to grasp the nettle on assisted dying'
Gino Kenny
HSE tells Assisted Dying Committee there are already 'significant' supports for 'dying in a dignified way'
Ex-medical doctor who was in Dublin for workshop on 'DIY deaths' spoke at Assisted Dying Committee
Philip Nitschke – dubbed Dr Death in a recent Sky News investigation – gave ‘expert testimony’ but the committee was not fully aware of a workshop he held in Dublin during the same trip to Ireland.
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Committee on Assisted Dying told ‘disabled people need to be central’ in shaping legislation
Committee hears calls for improved healthcare supports to be prioritised over assisted dying policy
Committee on Assisted Dying told Ireland is ‘increasingly’ an outlier in its position
Assisted dying legislation 'contrary to best medical practice', Committee hears
Legalising assisted dying would ‘radically’ alter ‘equality of human lives’, Committee hears
12 Irish people have travelled to Switzerland to medically end their lives since 2003
Committee hears whether TDs are legally allowed to pass assisted dying laws in the Dáil
Assisted Dying: TDs admit 'steep learning curve' and moral struggles as Committee finally meets
Any legislation on assisted dying would need 'robust safeguards'
‘Complex and profound issue’: Committee on assisted dying to hold first public session next week
Assisted Dying committee to begin public deliberations in June with report expected for March
'A complex issue': New committee on assisted dying holds first meeting ahead of public sessions
Terms of reference agreed for special committee on assisted dying
Special committee on assisted dying expected to begin in October
Psychiatrists group raises concerns with assisted dying bill
Special committee on assisted dying expected to begin in early 2022
Establishment of Special Committee to examine Dying with Dignity Bill recommended
Spain passes law legalising euthanasia