The author of the investigation into Savita Halappanavar’s death has reiterated his finding that she would still be alive if the Eighth Amendment did not exist.

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

Vigils are being held across the country to mark the fifth anniversary of Savita Halappanavar's death.

The action for damages by the husband of the late Savita Halappanavar against the HSE over her “tragic, untimely and premature” death in 2012 has settled at the High Court on terms believed to include payment of a substantial sum.

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

The High Court is expected to be told later today that the Health Service Executive (HSE) has agreed to pay damages to the widower of the late Savita Halappanavar

An out-of-court settlement has been made in a medical negligence case taken by Savita Halappanavar’s widower Praveen.

A date has been set in the High Court for the claim for damages against the Health Service Executive by the husband of Savita Halappanavar.

Complaints against staff involved in the care of Savita Halappanavar are still being investigated by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) — almost three years after her death at Galway University Hospital.

A safety system introduced in maternity wards after Savita Halappanavar's death is not functioning properly in a number of hospitals.

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.

It seems incredible, even by the standards of the HSE, that the family of Savita Halappanavar was not told that a number of staff at University Hospital Galway, where she died after complications brought about by a miscarriage, were disciplined over their part in her death almost two years ago before details were published in the press.

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

A number of healthcare staff involved in the care of Savita Halappanavar have been "disciplined".

The excellent HSE Report into the Savita Halapannavar case confirmed that medical negligence was the reason for the tragic outcome and that subsequent references to abortion were a total ideological red herring.

The husband of Savita Halappanavar has said goodbye to Ireland.

The HSE is to review the actions of all staff members involved in the care of Savita Halappanavar, who died in University Hospital Galway last October.

Patients and doctors alike have backed claims that some maternity services are a danger to women.

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 family of Tania McCabe, a Garda sergeant who died in 2007 from sepsis following childbirth, were shocked to learn of “disturbing” similarities between her death and that of Savita Halappanavar.

The Health Information Quality Authority (Hiqa) report is an appalling indictment of the failure to implement a safe infrastructure over a number of years. The authority emphasised that the medics missed 13 chances to save the life of Savita Halappanavar.

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.

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

Ireland’s health watchdog has warned it cannot stand over claims the country’s maternity service is safe after Savita Halappanavar’s death.

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.

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.

Praveen Halapannavar’s case against the HSE following the death of his wife follows a long line of high-profile claims which have contributed to a near €400m State Claims Agency recession-era health bill.

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

THE fact Savita Halappanavar’s life may not have been saved by the X case legislation now going through the Dáil is testament to its stark limitations.

Planned changes to Ireland’s abortion laws do not go far enough to prevent another Savita Halappanavar tragedy, the chair of the HSE report into her death has warned.

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

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.

Considering the contentious nature of the case, it is perhaps unsurprising that even the make-up of the HSE “clinical review” into Savita Halappanavar’s death has repeatedly been dogged by controversy.

Yesterday morning, just after dealing with the latest details on the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill and the report on the needless death of Savita Halappanavar, the very first word uttered by RTÉ’s Morning Ireland news reader was “Ryanair”.

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.

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

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

Savita Halappanavar would probably be alive if a termination could have legally been carried out before there was a substantial risk to her life, an expert has said.

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