State to pay €30k compensation to woman forced to travel for abortion

The Government has agreed to pay a woman who was forced to travel to Britain for an abortion after a fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis €30,000 in compensation for psychological trauma, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith and Evelyn Ring.

The settlement with Wexford woman Siobhan Whelan - only the second ever in Irish history after a similar payment to Amanda Mellet - emerged on Tuesday night after Ms Whelan took her case to the United Nations human rights committee.