A PROMINENT campaigner against genital mutilation has been given a last-minute reprieve from deportation following the direct intervention of Tánaiste Mary Harney.

A Nigerian campaigner on women’s health issues will not be deported for at least six months, Tánaiste Mary Harney said today.

A NIGERIAN midwife and women’s rights campaigner was thrown a one-week lifeline yesterday in her battle to be allowed to live in Ireland.