Abortion issue won’t be resolved till 2013

It will be next year before the Government agrees proposals on the abortion issue, Health Minister James Reilly has indicated.

He insisted that while the issue could not be put “on the long finger”, time was needed for a “thorough and proper” consultation.

“This is a hugely complex issue that has divided this country time and time again over the last 25 years, and I don’t think it’s something that we’re going to solve in a matter of weeks.”