There is grave concern among doctors across the specialities about the proposed legislation for termination of pregnancy in the case of threatened suicide on the part of the mother.

PRO-LIFE group Youth Defence has claimed Miss D is being used by the pro-abortion lobby to further their agenda.

Irish protestors are travelling to Brussels this morning to stage a picket outside a meeting of EU ministers who are voting on stem cell research.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern is under pressure to publicly state his personal position on the Government’s support of an EU proposal for stem-cell research on embryos.