Pro-choice campaigners have called for a straightforward ‘yes or no’ referendum on abortion next spring after throwing down the gauntlet to officials by illegally bringing abortion pills over the border.

The second anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar was marked by a candlelight vigil in Galway last night.

Almost a third of the staff involved in the treatment of Savita Halappanavar, whose death in October 2012 has sparked major abortion law reforms, have been disciplined over their role in the tragedy.

Tune in to TV3 tonight to watch a documentary relating the heartbreaking story of Savita Halappanavar whose death in an Irish maternity ward, when suffering a miscarriage, caused outrage around the world.

The Indian community in the West put on a spectacular show of their traditional culture at the annual Diwali Festival in Galway.

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

The widower of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar will ask the health minister why his wife was allowed to die when they come face to face next month.

Staff responsible for the care of Savita Halappanavar at the hospital where she died are to face disciplinary proceedings.

The Health Service Executive said they fully accept that a failure in clinical judgement caused the death of Savita Halappanavar.

President Michael D Higgins has passed new laws allowing abortion in Ireland under certain circumstances.

Irish politicians will spend a second day debating divisive laws that will legislate for the first time for abortion in limited circumstances.

He gets abusive mail in his post and meditates. He suffers sleepless nights and goes running. He aches in his heart for his lost wife and fills the place she held there with memories.

The HSE could implement a new incident management system as soon as next month in an attempt to speed up investigations into unexpected tragedies like the Savita Halappanavar case.

Nursing staff failed to adequately assess and monitor Savita Halappanavar, who was suffering miscarriage as a fatal infection took over her body, a review has found.

The findings of the probe into Savita Halappanavar’s death provoked alarm across the political spectrum.

An investigation into the death Savita Halappanavar lays bare unacceptable practices, Health Minister James Reilly has said today.

If Savita Halapannavar was given a termination, she may still be alive today, according to the head of the HSE inquiry into the circumstances surrounding her death last year.

The report into the death of Savita Halappanavar says medical staff failed to offer all management options - including a termination.

The Minister for Health James Reilly says he has grave concerns following his reading of the HSE report into the death of Savita Halappannavar.

Health chiefs have been accused of a lack of respect over the publication of a report into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar.

The solicitor for Praveen Halappanavar will meet with the head of the HSE inquiry in to the cause of his wife's death today .

Midwives say unsafe staffing levels in maternity units around the country could lead to a repeat of the catastrophic systems failures that claimed the life of Savita Halappanavar.

I wish those bigoted people would stop using that ridiculous term “Abortion is not a cure for suicidality”.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has attempted to quell fallout over contentious changes to abortion rules by claiming that law on the procedure is not being changed.

Let down by the State, let down by the law, or simply let down by the doctors and midwives charged with Savita Halappanavar’s care.

Savita Halappanavar died as a result of medical misadventure, a jury at her inquest has unanimously ruled.

“I haven’t got my answers yet why Savita died. I will get to the bottom of the truth.”

The hospital where Savita Halappanavar died has admitted there were lapses in its standards of care.

The jury at the inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar has returned a unanimous verdict of medical misadventure this afternoon.

Praveen Halappanavar has said his wife’s treatment at University Hospital Galway was “horrendous, barbaric and inhuman”.

The inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar is expected to conclude today, on what would have been her fifth wedding anniversary.

Savita Halappanavar had one of the most severe cases of septic abortion ever seen, an inquest has heard.

An inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar has heard that she had one of the most severe cases of septic abortion ever seen.

Savita Halappanavar's husband Praveen will not attend the inquest into her death today.

Crucial evidence from the midwife who cared for Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar as she fell critically ill will not be given to her inquest, it has been confirmed.

A number of witnesses will be recalled as the inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar resumes in Galway today.

While the death of Savita Halappanavar has shone a spotlight on Ireland’s abortion laws, this week’s inquest into the scandal has highlighted an equally worrying problem: A lack of communication between medics meant to ensure the health of the 31-year-old dentist.

A nurse who gripped the hand of Savita Halappanavar while delivering her dead baby daughter revealed how her patient later thanked her.

A medical expert has told the inquest into the death of Savita Halappanavar that there was a delay in recognising that her condition was deteriorating prior to her miscarriage.

The widower of Savita Halappanavar who died after she suffered a miscarriage in University Hospital Galway has been overawed by events at her inquest.

Praveen Halappanavar will not be attending the inquest into his wife Savita's death today.

Praveen Halappanavar will be grateful “to his dying day” to the critical care staff at Galway University Hospital for the care they gave to his wife Savita before she passed away.

A nurse who gripped the hand of Savita Halappanavar while delivering her deceased baby daughter revealed how her patient later thanked her.

Savita Halappavar's inquest heard today about her final days and hours in intensive care before her death from septicaemia at Galway University Hospital last October.