Cork GP targeted with protest following calls for safe access zones

Dr Mary Favier said the protest "isn't harassing any abortion patients, rather all patients. And the staff. And the local community."

Dr Mary Favier has called for safe access zones around medical facilities to be legislated for as quickly as possible. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A Cork doctor says there is an ongoing protest outside her practice today following her call for safe access zones to be introduced around medical facilities.

Dr Mary Favier said a man with a placard has been outside her surgery this morning despite the fact that she herself is not there.