Placing time limits on abortion for women who received a diagnosis of severe or fatal foetal anomaly is unworkable, campaigners for those affected have said.

Parents forced to go through the torment of giving birth to babies with fatal foetal abnormalities have spoken about being made to feel like “outcasts” by Ireland because of the country’s strict abortion laws.

CHRISTMAS is such a crazy time, particularly if you’re female, and a mother, and you bear primary responsibility for producing the Yuletide spread on the big day.