The Government hopes to pass abortion legislation before Christmas and Taoiseach Leo Varadakar has said he is confident the Government’s timeline to have pregnancy termination services available in January 2019 can be met.

Latest: The Health Committee has rejected amendments to abortion legislation put forward by a group of pro-life TDs.

A marathon debate on the new abortion legislation continues today at the Oireachtas Health Committee.

Proposals to stop the State paying for abortions except where the woman's life is at risk have been shot down at the Health Committee.

The Health Committee has started scrutinising legislation to allow for abortion in this country.

Amendments to the proposed legislation on abortion have been described as barbaric by a Labour TD.

Several members of the Oireachtas health committee have expressed concern over Health Minister Simon Harris’ demand to expedite liberalised abortion laws.

Simon Harris has asked that the Oireachtas health committee sit during the Halloween break to progress abortion legislation as quickly as possible.

Proposed abortion laws currently before the Dáil are tantamount to murder, Kerry TD Danny Healy Rae has said.

A poll commissioned by the Pro Life Campaign has found that 80% of people do not think doctors and healthcare workers should be made to carry out abortions against their conscience.

Unborn babies with disabilities are in the ‘firing line’ of proposed abortion legislation, according to a group of concerned parents.

New abortion legislation has been described as a moral and humanitarian catastrophe.

The Dáil will debate proposed new laws on abortion for the first time later.

"Nothing has changed...Nine or 10 people a day travel from Ireland to the UK (to access abortion services) or three take safe but illegal abortion pills at home."

Laws to make abortion legal will be approved by the Cabinet this morning.

Abortion services here will be completely free to ensure they can be fully accessed by anyone who needs them, will end the need to travel abroad for care and prevent an influx of private abortion clinics into this country.

President Michael D Higgins has signed into law the legislation amending the Constitution in relation to abortion.

Health Minister Simon Harris has appealed to Oireachtas colleagues and others not to restart the abortion referendum campaign now that the courts have cleared the way to repeal the Eighth Amendment.

Legislation to allow for abortion in certain circumstances should be approved in the coming weeks.

Today marks 100 days since a majority of the country voted to repeal the 8th Amendment.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of the Eighth Amendment referendum result.

The Court of Appeal will rule later this month on a Dublin woman’s challenge of the abortion referendum result.

Minister for Health Simon Harris has said his concern for women’s health does not stop at the border and he will be extending access to abortion services to residents of the North.

The referendum to remove the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution may have passed by a substantial majority, but the debate on abortion is far from over.

All publicly funded hospitals will be expected to provide legal health services, including women’s health services, says Health Minister Simon Harris.

The State and Referendum Commission are entitled to their legal costs, estimated at more than €200,000, of successfully opposing two separate bids to challenge the abortion referendum result, the President of the High Court has ruled.

The Cabinet will today sign off on plans to introduce exclusion zones around hospitals to ensure women seeking abortions are not intimidated by protesters as part of post-Eighth Amendment referendum plans.

When I realised the date of the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment might clash with a work commitment in London, I immediately set about organising a postal vote, writes Louise O’Neill.

The Government has been called on to proceed with legislation to enact the Eighth Amendment referendum result after Fianna Fáil received independent legal advice which it says contradicts concerns about court challenges.

Minister for Health Simon Harris was not entitled to commit public monies to making contraception freely available as part of "a narrative for voting Yes" in the abortion referendum, a Dublin woman seeking to challenge the referendum result has told the High Court.

Tara Flynn talks to Ciara McDonnell about Repeal, Internet trolls and finding herself again.

A man seeking leave to challenge the result of the abortion referendum has claimed the Taoiseach and Minister for Health had made “misleading” statements which “duped” some people into voting Yes and “materially affected” the outcome.

The president of the High Court has begun hearing two separate applications for permission to bring petitions challenging the Yes result of last month’s abortion referendum.

The High Court is due to hear separate applications this morning from three people seeking to challenge the result of the abortion referendum.

One of RTÉ’s televised debates on the abortion referendum was “an absolute circus”, “out of control”, and “unbalanced”, according to complaints received by the State broadcaster. The vast majority of complaints claimed the show was unfair to those advocating a ‘Yes’ vote.

Sinn Féin TD Peadar Toibin has made clear he will defy the wishes of his party and vote against legislation to allow for abortion. However, he said he he will not leave the party over the issue.

Cost or geographic location will not be a barrier to women accessing abortion services, Health Minister, Simon Harris has said.

A man seeking leave to challenge the result of last month’s abortion referendum has failed to get court orders requiring the State to provide him with registers of voters and their dates of birth.

Abortion legislation is now unlikely to enter the Dáil before the summer because of ongoing court challenges to the referendum result.

It is understood legislation to allow abortions will not be introduced into the Dáil until the autumn.

Senior gardaí are giving politicians specific security advice on coping with threatening phone calls, personal security, worker risk assessments, and constituency office defences amid heightened fears they could be attacked by the public.

The era of eugenic euthanasia is upon us, since we have cleared the way for elective abortion, the wholesale termination of the vulnerable youngest.

he President of the National Association of GPs, Dr Maitiu O’Tuathail has welcomed clarification from the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today about the provision of an opt-in service in relation to GPs and termination of pregnancy.

Victoria White takes issue with an RTÉ News report on the referendum result, specifically with the assertion that the Eighth Amendment was “the brainchild of Catholic lay activists”.