Taoiseach: Abortion issue 'a matter for the next Government'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that pregnancy in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities - as well as cases of rape and incest - will be considered by the next Government.

Taoiseach: Abortion issue 'a matter for the next Government'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that pregnancy in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities - as well as cases of rape and incest - will be considered by the next Government.

He said that he does not want to see Ireland ā€œconvulsed like it was in the 1980sā€ with arguments for and against these issues over the course of many years.

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