Waterford woman calls for legislation on assisted suicide - 'I am constantly in pain and my speech is going'

A Waterford woman who suffers from the late stages of multiple sclerosis has called for the next Dáil to legislate for access to assisted suicide for those with terminal illness.

Kate Tobin, a 50-year-old former nun who now lives in Wexford, says she lives in constant pain, suffers numerous falls, and has been given little time to live by her doctors.

Having grown up in Lismore, Co Waterford, Ms Tobin moved to London after leaving school to become a nun.