Gay Byrne: I would consider assisted suicide

Veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne has said that he would "have to consider" assisted suicide if he was faced with "a drawn-out illness of great pain".

Gay Byrne: I would consider assisted suicide

Veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne has said that he would "have to consider" assisted suicide if he was faced with "a drawn-out illness of great pain".

He was speaking to BBC 5Live's The Nolan Show yesterday, which was discussing moves by British Labour Party peer Lord Falconer to introduce an Assisted Dying Bill in the UK House of Lords.

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