TD warns against moves to legalise euthanasia

IRELAND is in danger of sliding down “a slippery slope” into euthanasia, a leading Fine Gael TD and suicide expert has warned.

Limerick West TD Dan Neville predicted yesterday that the Courts were likely soon to face a test case involving a call to adjudicate on a request by a person to take their own life.

Mr Neville, who is also president of the Irish Association of Suicidology, said judges could also expect to be asked to exempt anyone who helped to end that life from prosecution. “The increased control over biological life due to improvement in medical treatment makes this situation inevitable.”