THE programme was going well until this guy, Philip Nitschke, popped up on the screen.

A Wicklow woman who is seeking the right to end her own life believes former High Court decisions supporting the right to turn off life-support machines and refuse a blood transfusion will bolster her fight for justice.

Four Irish people every week seek advice on how to help a loved one end their life from an international group campaigning for the legalisation of assisted suicide.

ENDURING intense pain and suffering because of an auto-immune disease that affects the central nervous system, Marie Curran asks: “If I want to die, why won’t you let me do so with dignity? Instead I must suffer a debilitating pain and degrading death.”

A doctor who advocates assisted suicide is calling for a change in Irish law.

EUTHANASIA advocate Dr Philip Nitschke, who has invented a computer device that allows a seriously ill patient to kill themselves by answering a series of questions, will host a public meeting in Dublin this week.

EUTHANASIA advocate, Dr Philip Nitschke, who will hold a workshop in Dublin this week said there was already enough Irish interest in his DIY death techniques to make his visit worthwhile.