Right-to-die activist faces US bail hearing

THE US right-to-die activist, suspected of assisting the suicide of a south Dublin woman today faces a bail hearing as gardaí try to extradite him to Ireland.

It was confirmed last night that Reverend George Exoo was being held by US police on an arrest warrant over the alleged assisted suicide of Rosemary Toole Gilhooley.

The 49-year-old Dalkey woman reportedly died after placing a plastic bag over her head and inhaling helium gas through a tube.