Tánaiste Simon Coveney has cast doubt that new abortion legislation could be passed this year should the people vote yes on Friday, as the Taoiseach has claimed.

October 28 marked the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar,  As a young woman from Galway, her story has stuck with me for the past five years, and served as a reminder of the dangers of the Eighth Amendment, writes reader Suzanne Coombs

The death of Savita Halappanavar five years ago has not yet lead to a transformation of the law on abortion but change will surely happen before much longer, writes Alison O’Connor

Savita Halappanavar died as a direct result of Ireland’s abortion laws and not simply because she contracted sepsis, the author of the independent report into her death has said.

Savita Halappanavar died as a direct result of Ireland's restrictive abortion laws and not simply because she contracted sepsis, the author of the independent report into her death has said.

Coroner stops short of suicide verdict ruling that girl died by asphyxia.

Four years on from the death of Savita Halappanavar, the people of Ireland have shown they have not forgotten her.

Every parent who loses a baby will get the support they need, said the Minister for Health Simon Harris.

THE State and its agents have built an impenetrable wall of silence around itself and its at-arms-length employees and their occasional failings.

It’s a great little country, a great little sick country.

Some members of staff at the hospital where Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar tragically died in October, 2012 are still on sick leave.

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

The tragic death of Savita Halappanavar in Galway Hospital in 2012 was massively misused by politicians and the media, who were more concerned with using her death to force abortion legislation into Ireland rather than find out the truth about why she died.

No woman has ever told me she had an abortion. I find that quite amazing.

IT is hardly credible that the hue and cry in the aftermath of the Savita Halappanavar tragedy was to legislate for the X case.

Doctors have been told to induce birth in early pregnancy, regardless of whether the foetus will survive, if there is clear evidence of an infection likely to cause sepsis and potential death of the mother.

The husband of Savita Halappanavar has said goodbye to Ireland.

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.

The widower of Savita Halappanavar has received an invitation for a meeting from the Minister for Health.

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

A number of new guidelines on sepsis and handovers between medical staff are being implemented at hospitals following the death of Savita Halappanavar.

One of Ireland’s leading maternity experts has no faith in the HSE to reform the system or fill dangerous staffing gaps in the wake of Savita Halappanavar’s death.

Pregnant women are being subjected to a “geographic lottery” as a direct result of “outdated, patently unsafe” standards in Ireland’s maternity service.

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

Hospital staff missed 13 separate chances to save Savita Halappanavar’s life — including six in a single four-hour period.

The devastating Hiqa report relating to the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway makes frightening reading. Not only does it highlight a series of missed opportunities which, if acted upon, might have saved her life, it also portrays an alarming crisis at Ireland’s 19 public maternity hospitals.

Savita Halappanavar might be alive if Ireland’s maternity services had not failed to implement recommendations after a “disturbingly” similar death in 2007, a report has claimed.

Medics treating Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died after being refused a termination as she miscarried, failed to give her the most basic care, a damning review of her case has found.

The report from the third investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar is being published this afternoon.

The widower of Savita Halappanavar has initiated legal proceedings against health chiefs and his wife’s obstetrician.

Enda Kenny has been sent hundreds of letters on the abortion issue, says Juno McEnroe

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 husband of an Indian dentist who died following a miscarriage has received hate mail from anti-abortion groups.

Praveen Halappanavar is to take a High court case against Galway University Hospital over the death of his wife Savita.

The bill doesn’t go far enough, says Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

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.

Savita Halappanavar’s grieving family is set to take a medical negligence case against the State in response to her tragic death.