Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has defended her decision not to bring in laws on surrogacy in advance of the marriage equality referendum but admitted the campaign had made clear the need for legislation.

IRISH infertility experts are hoping that a legal battle over the custody of human embryos will also clarify where Constitutional protection to the unborn begins.

AMONG the many bizarre moments in Michael Jackson's interview with Martin Bashir, broadcast on TV3 on Monday night, was the pop star's claim that the mother of his third child, Prince Michael II, 'can't handle' contact with her child.