It is a basic human right to end one’s life. It is not a privilege earned by intolerable suffering writes Terry Prone

FATE DEALT Bernadette Forde savage blows, but the State also ensured that her final days and hours were lacking peace of mind, writes Michael Clifford. 

YET AGAIN, ministers were happy to talk horse manure rather than do anything, writes Shaun Connolly.

Tom Curran, the widowed partner of Marie Fleming who lost a landmark case on the right-to-die, has accused the DPP of ignoring the Supreme Court’s wish that guidelines be introduced to set out when people who help their loved ones to die would face prosecution.

A woman has been cleared of attempting to assist the suicide of her friend by helping her travel to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.

IN a country that can’t agree on marriage equality it may seem recklessly premature to suggest that we might have to reconsider how we manage fatal illnesses, end-of-life decisions, and basic human dignity and sensitivity when the path to an imminent death is marked with nothing more uplifting than personality collapse and drug-induced detachment. 

Hundreds of people have turned out to pay their respects to the family of Karen Buckley at her funeral this afternoon, Taxi driver Gail O’Rorke has been found not guilty of attempting to assist suicide and Man United are to face Barcelona in thier US tour. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

A jury in the trial of a woman accused of helping her friend take her own life has been ordered to find her not guilty on two of the three charges against her due to a lack of evidence.

A woman accused of helping her friend take her own life told gardaí that another person was with the deceased when she took a lethal dose of barbiturates.

Ireland overthrows King James II today - over 300 years after his death; Kenny: ‘Government has nothing to hide’ on sale of Anglo assets; and Tess Holliday is redefining the meaning of fashion. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this evening.

A woman accused of helping her friend take her own life denied to gardaí she knowingly paid for lethal drugs for the deceased.

The trial of a woman accused of assisting her friend’s suicide has heard the deceased’s nephew had “no problem” helping her travel to a euthanasia clinic in Switzerland.

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of assisting the suicide of her friend has heard the recorded last words of the deceased.

A woman is to go on trial accused of assisting someone in taking their own life by helping them obtain and take a toxic substance.

A Dublin woman charged with assisting the suicide of another woman will go on trial in April next year.

A Tallaght woman who has been charged with assisting the suicide of another woman appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

A Tallaght woman who has been charged with assisting the suicide of another woman appeared before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today.

A 42-year-old woman is to stand trial charged with assisting in the suicide of a multiple sclerosis sufferer in Dublin two years ago in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.