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Dame Jenni Murray voices support for referendum on legalising assisted dying

Dame Jenni Murray has voiced her support for a referendum on legalising assisted dying. The former Woman’s Hour presenter recalled seeing her parents die some 16 years ago and said she wished they had been able to end their lives earlier. The ...

10 Feb 2022 at 10:55

People with certain health conditions ‘2.4 times more likely to end their life’

People with chronic lung conditions and cancers which are likely to be fatal are around two-and-a-half times more likely to end their lives than those without such conditions, figures suggest. One year after being diagnosed with Chronic ...

20 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Local News

Pringle, Flynn says Government must provide legislative protection for the right to PAS

Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, and independent Senator Eileen Flynn said Government must fulfil its duties to disabled people on a human rights basis, in voicing their support for Personal Assistance Services in Ireland. ...

10 May 2022 at 15:33

Local News

Kilkenny TD is encouraging people to apply for funding under new scheme

Fine Gael TD, John Paul Phelan, is encouraging people in Kilkenny and across the South East to apply for the 2022 strand of the Music and Entertainment Business Assistance Scheme (MEBAS). Deputy Phelan said: “Performers and people ...

20 Jan 2022 at 13:33

Matt Hancock backs Commons vote on legalising assisted dying

MPs should have the opportunity to vote on whether assisted dying should be legalised in the UK, former health secretary Matt Hancock has said. The Conservative former minister called for a Commons vote as MPs debated a petition ...

04 Jul 2022 at 20:51

Legalised assisted dying could be abused, MP warns

Introducing legal assisted dying could be abused by people “who want granny and grandpa to hurry up and die”, MPs have heard. Conservative MP for Devizes Danny Kruger claimed that legalising assisted dying could also lead to ...

04 Jul 2022 at 19:31

Derry News

Altnagelvin Senior Nursing Assistant named joint winner at RCN Awards

Nicola Doherty, Senior Nursing Assistant at the North West Cancer Centre has been named joint winner in the RCN, Nurse of the Year, Health Care Support Worker Award category at the RCN Northern Ireland Nurse of the Year ...

29 Jul 2022 at 17:33

National News

Northern Irish policeman appointed new Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána

A Northern Irish policeman with has been appointed as the new Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. Jonathan Roberts joins An Garda Síochána from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) having been ...

16 Aug 2022 at 15:33

National News

Northern Irish policeman appointed new Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána

16 Aug 2022 at 20:33

World

Cyprus trial of Briton accused of murdering his wife is delayed until September

The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his sick wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos was pushed back until September on Thursday, with defence lawyers arguing that ...

16 Jun 2022 at 13:45

Scotland

Progress on drug treatment standards not good enough or fast enough – minister

Progress in meeting key drug treatment standards has not been good enough or fast enough, Scotland’s drugs minister has said. Medication assisted treatment (Mat) standards were laid out last year by ...

23 Jun 2022 at 17:17

Scotland

Patrick Stewart urges MSPs to support bid to legalise assisted suicide

Sir Patrick Stewart has urged MSPs to back new legislation in Scotland that would legalise assisted dying. The X-Men and Star Trek actor gave a video message saying terminally ill people should not ...

21 Jun 2022 at 23:05

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