It has emerged that the Director of Public Prosecutions has begun criminal proceedings against an American Reverend who assisted in the suicide of a Dublin woman.

TWO Americans suspected of assisting in the suicide of a Dublin woman have refused to give a deposition that could be used as part of the case to have them extradited to face trial in Ireland.

A US preacher faces a preliminary extradition hearing today over his role in the assisted suicide of a Dublin woman.

THREE Irish people are planning to travel to Switzerland where an organisation called Dignitas will help them to commit suicide, according to the head of the group.

A RELIGIOUS minister at the centre of an inquiry into Ireland’s first assisted suicide last night confidently predicted he would never face a court here.

The American church minister who admitted being present at the suicide of an Irish woman in Dublin has claimed any action against him cannot succeed because of his position in the church.

The American right-to-die advocate being sought by gardai in connection with the suicide of Rosemary Toole has no plans to return to Ireland in the immediate future.

A right-to-die advocate in the United States is admitting he was with Rosemary Toole when she died in her Dublin flat, sparking a suicide investigation by gardai.