Labour wounded as Anne Ferris votes against whip for terminations bill

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was accused of condemning women to inhuman torture as the Coalition voted down proposals to allow terminations for fatal foetal abnormality cases in Ireland.

Independent TD Clare Daly accused the Fine Gael-Labour government and their TDs of “political cowardice” after her Bill was rejected in the Dail yesterday.

However, Labour’s Dail numbers have now fallen to 34 after Wicklow TD Anne Ferris was kicked out of the parliamentary party for supporting the proposals, saying that it was an issue close to her heart.