Professor: Savita would be alive today if not for 8th

The author of the investigation into Savita Halappanavar’s death has reiterated his finding that she would still be alive if the Eighth Amendment did not exist.

Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, who chaired the Government-backed inquiry into Ms Halappanavar’s 2012 death, made the comments with just four days left of the referendum campaign.

Speaking before tonight’s live TV debate, which will feature Health Minister Simon Harris and Love Both’s Cora Sherlock, Prof Arulkumaran said Ms Halappanavar died because of the Eighth Amendment.