Court to hear country's first case of man charged with terminating a pregnancy

The Director of Public Prosecutions has agreed to send the man forward for trial to the next sitting of Letterkenny Circuit Court on April 20. File photo

A man is to stand trial in Co. Donegal charged with the termination of a pregnancy. This is the first time that such a case has come before the courts in Ireland.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Letterkenny District Court in the county.