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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB">The death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway played a crucial part in leading to the enactment of the first law defining the circumstances where an abortion could happen in Ireland. </span>Picture: Irish Times / PA</p>

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Cianan Brennan: How the media covered the death of Savita Halappanavar

The public and media reaction to Savita Halappanavar’s death can now be seen as a strong driving force in Ireland’s recent abortion laws, writes Cianan Brennan

celebrity

Irish women discuss sexual harassment in wake of Weinstein allegations

Terry Prone spoke on the Late Late Show about her own experiences of Harvey Weinstein-like behaviour among men in the Irish media.

news

Ms Y to take legal action against authorities after abortion dispute

An asylum seeker is planning legal action after she unsuccessfully sought an abortion in Ireland last summer.

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Abortion-case woman attempted suicide during pregnancy

news

Guidelines on legal abortion circulated

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Honouring women at top of their fields

Savita’s death is not about abortion — it is about medical negligence

Savita Halappanavar has become an icon. Her death in Galway University Hospital a year ago has taken on mythic qualities.

Thu, 31 Oct, 2013

Further evidence from consultant to be heard at Savita inquest

Savita Halappanavar's inquest continues today with further evidence from a consultant who treated the 31-year-old at Galway University Hospital where she died following a miscarriage.

Wed, 10 Apr, 2013

Foetus, and not Savita, the main focus of medical team, report finds

A HSE report into the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital in Galway last year has found that the foetus she was miscarrying, and not the deteriorating health of the mother, was the main focus of the medical team.

Tue, 02 Apr, 2013

Pressure on Times to say sorry for Myers

PRESSURE was mounting on the Irish Times last night to apologise for columnist Kevin Myers’s controversial description of single parents as “mothers of bastards”.

Thu, 10 Feb, 2005