Growing support in Fianna Fáil for bill to allow assisted dying in Ireland

Senator Malcolm Byrne said the principle of the bill would be accepted to many within his party but said discussions would be needed around protections and the likely restrictions any bill would include. File picture: Maxwells

There are calls for the three Government parties to allow a free vote next week when the Dáil debates a bill to grant terminally people to end their own lives.

There is a growing support within Fianna Fáil to support a new bill aimed at allowing assisted dying become a reality in Ireland.