Irish Examiner view: Mood swings as vote nears on end-of-life

Instead of a yes/no vote, Gordon Brown wants a commission to devise a 'fully funded, 10-year strategy for improved and comprehensive palliative care' in Britain

British prime minister Keir Starmer is supporting a change in the law, although there will be a free vote as a matter of conscience. Picture: iStock

The bill entitling an act to establish a legal framework for assisted dying in Ireland was one of the measures which lapsed with the dissolution of the Dáil and the Seanad for this general election.

That means any progress when the 34th Dáil is selected can be informed by what happens in the jurisdiction next door, where matters are no longer as clear cut as they once seemed.