Gay Byrne has said he would consider assisted suicide if he was faced with a drawn-out and painful illness.

Three in four people in Ireland want to die at home, but despite their wishes, most will die in a hospital.

Veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne has said that he would "have to consider" assisted suicide if he was faced with "a drawn-out illness of great pain".

The partner of a terminally ill woman who lost a legal challenge in the Irish courts over her right to die has said he is prepared to do whatever she wants.

A terminally ill Irish woman will take her landmark case for assisted suicide to Europe if she loses her appeal, supporters have revealed.

The Supreme Court has been told there is no constitutional right to suicide and that the ban on assisted suicide applies equally to everyone.

Lawyers for the State have told the Supreme Court that it doesn't mean to convey a lack of sympathy to right-to-die campaigner, Marie Fleming.

The end has been a long time coming, and even today it is still in the distance.

The ban on assisted suicide is justified and protects the vulnerable in society, the High Court has said.

You sensed from the way Tom Curran nodded he was not totally surprised when the High Court refused to give him the green light to assist in his partner’s suicide.

Statement from Bernadette Parte, solicitor for Marie Fleming: “My client Marie Fleming has asked me to say that she and Tom and her family greatly appreciate all the efforts that have been made to give Marie’s case a full and speedy hearing, given her circumstances.