Barrister appointed to review country's abortion laws

A protest outside the GPO in Dublin over abortion laws in Texas, US. Ireland's abortion laws are now set for review. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Barrister Marie O'Shea is to head up a review of abortion laws in this country.

As independent chair of the review, Ms O'Shea has been asked to examine the legislation introduced after the historic referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment and report back to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly later this year.