Repealing the Eighth Amendment was the most important news story of the year in Ireland.

The legislation to allow abortions to happen in Ireland has been passed by TDs

The proposed abortion legislation continues to make its way through the Dáil at a snail's pace.

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.

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

It is no answer to say that good faith healthcare providers have nothing to fear, when they are still potentially exposed to criminal investigation, says Maeve Taylor.

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

A pro-life Fianna Fáil TD has warned similarly minded colleagues intent on blocking the planned post-eighth amendment abortion laws to back down and accept "the will of the people" in the divisive debate.

Dr Peter Boylan has been appointed to help the government implement new abortion services in Ireland.

“Whatever you say, say nothing,” could be the unconscious motto of this frail State.

Pilot programmes to train doctors in abortion care are already underway at undisclosed locations, modelled largely on the training provided in Britain, according to the first female chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (IOG).

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.

WORDS and ideas flow in a torrent from actor, comedian, and writer Tara Flynn. And sometimes there’s a price to pay for her forthrightness.

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

Facebook has agreed to publish data on political advertising during the abortion referendum campaign.

The president of the High Court will rule tomorrow on two separate applications for permission to bring petitions challenging the Yes result of the abortion referendum.

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.

It is “untenable” to argue that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Simon Harris breached the Constitution when they campaigned for repeal of the Eighth amendment, lawyers for the State have told the High Court.

A man seeking leave to challenge the result of last month’s abortion referendum will formally apply this week for court orders requiring the State to provide him with the original and supplemental electoral registers of voters, including the dates of birth of voters.

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.

Latest: A group representing over 2,000 GPs has today called on the Minister for Health to include an "opt-in" provision for doctors wishing to provide termination of pregnancy services.

Women in Northern Ireland should be given the same abortion access rights as their counterparts in the Republic and the UK, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

At last, autonomy for women living in Ireland, autonomy taken from them for so very, very long writes Suzanne Harrington.

A five-year plan to put personal stories and medical facts, not legal and religious arguments, at the heart of the campaign, resulted in a repeal of the Eighth Amendment. Political Correspondents Elaine Loughlin and Fiachra Ó Cionnaith reveal the behind-the-scenes blueprint of how the race was won.

Abortion legislation is at risk of delay after a TD confirmed he will be tabling amendments when the bill comes before the Dáil.

The Eighth Amendment was never about Catholicism. The Catholic Church did not insert it, the political system did, writes Victoria White.

The assent of the people to the social contract between Church and State is now withdrawn.

RTÉ has revealed that it received over 1,277 complaints in relation to the Claire Byrne Live Referendum Special.

Sinn Féin TD for Meath West Peadar Toibín has said that he still opposed to "abortion on demand" up until 12 weeks but would reserve his position on how he would vote on any legislation to repeal the Eighth amendment until it had been published.

As the scale of the landslide vote became apparent last weekend, the public euphoria of those who campaigned for repeal of the Eighth Amendment was entirely understandable — as was the heartfelt disappointment of those who wished to retain the status quo.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote here that the public policy system in Ireland has always been misogynistic, writes Fergus Finlay. 

Friday’s vote was the most seismic break with the past since we voted, in May 1972, to join the European Economic Community.

Long after the chants of ‘Simon, Simon’ have faded, the referendum’s political fallout will be far-reaching, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

For the second time in three years, Ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of progressive social change.

TP O’Mahony charts the decline of the power of the Catholic Church, but cautions against a dangerous moral vacuum that may be left in its wake.

It has been agreed that terminations here should be fully integrated into the health system, says Alison O’Connor.