LIVE: Two pro-life experts cancel appearances; Oireachtas Committee described as ’kangaroo court’

The cross-party Oireachtas abortion committee is facing fresh claims of bias after two pro-life experts due to attend the group cancelled their meetings because they believe any discussion will turn into a "kangaroo court", writes Irish Examiner Political Correspondent, Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Dr Marty McCaffrey, professor of paediatrics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and the Both Lives Matter group made the comments just hours after the Government agreed to pay a woman who had to travel to Britain for an abortion after a fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis €30,000 in compensation.