Labour throws support behind Dying with Dignity Bill

Labour leader Alan Kelly said the issue can 'no longer be kicked down the road'. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Phtocallireland

The Labour Party has thrown its support behind the pending ‘Dying with Dignity’ bill, due to be debated in the Dáil next week.

The private members’ bill, being tabled by Solidarity-People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny and originally designed by former minister John Halligan, seeks to allow terminally ill people access services to help them die.