Ireland to play two ODIs against Pakistan at home in May
by AFP
Pakistan will use the matches at yet to be specified venues on May 23 and May 26 as preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy starting on June 6. ...  
05:05 PM, Jan 21, 2013

Ireland: 10 mn burgers recalled over horsemeat fears An Irish meat processor says it's recalling 10 million burgers from supermarkets across Ireland and Britain because of fears that some could contain horsemeat. Government authorities say Spanish or Dutch ingredients suppliers are suspected of causing the contamination. ...  
10:44 PM, Jan 16, 2013

Catholic Church urges Irish to oppose abortion law The head of Ireland's Catholic Church urged followers in his Christmas Day message to lobby against government plans to legalise abortion. Ireland, the only European Union member state that currently outlaws the procedure, is preparing legislation that would allow limited access to abortion after the European Court of Human Rights criticised the current regime. ...  
07:42 AM, Dec 25, 2012

5 Northern Ireland lawmakers sent bullets in letters Five Northern Ireland politicians received letters containing bullets on Wednesday as an extremist Protestant campaign of death threats and street protests escalated over Belfast City Council's decision to stop flying the British flag year-round. Hours later, an off-duty police officer narrowly avoided being shot when confronted by a gunman outside his home in the mainly Protestant town of Bangor. No group claimed responsibility. ...  
04:56 PM, Dec 20, 2012

Ireland to legalise abortion when mother's life is at risk

Ireland on Tuesday announced it will legalise abortions when the mother's life is at risk, weeks after the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar who died after being refused an abortion in the European country. The decision comes after a huge public outcry over the death of 31-year-old Savita, who died on October 28 at Galway University Hospital. She had been 17-week pregnant and was found to be miscarrying. ...
01:15 PM, Dec 19, 2012

Ireland to legalise abortion when mother's life is at risk Ireland on Tuesday announced it will legalise abortions when the mother's life is at risk, weeks after the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar who died after being refused an abortion in the European country. ...  
10:20 PM, Dec 18, 2012

Pregnant women who are ill entitled to 2nd opinion: Ireland Amid the row over the death of an Indian dentist in Ireland, the Irish government has told the Council of Europe that any seriously ill woman who is pregnant and her request for a termination is refused, is entitled to a second medical opinion. ...  
06:02 PM, Dec 03, 2012

Savita death case: NHRC registers case The National Human Rights Commission on Friday registered a case on the death of dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died in October in Ireland after doctors refused to terminate her miscarriage pregnancy on the ground that Ireland was a Catholic country. ...  
08:44 AM, Dec 01, 2012

Savita death: NHRC registers case The National Human Rights Commission on Friday registered a case on the death of dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died last month in Ireland after doctors refused to terminate her miscarriage pregnancy on the ground that Ireland was a Catholic country. ...  
09:31 PM, Nov 30, 2012

Savita death: Family to approach European Court of Human Rights The husband of Savita Halappanavar will proceed with an application to the European Court of Human Rights after Irish Health Minister did not agree for a public inquiry into the circumstances leading to her death. ...  
06:15 AM, Nov 30, 2012

Abortion report: Ireland to decide before year-end The Irish government has said it will make a decision before the year-end about the country's tough abortion laws, weeks after Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar died after she was refused termination of her pregnancy despite miscarrying. ...  
05:12 PM, Nov 28, 2012

Savita Halappanavar's father demands public inquiry The father of Savita Halappanavar has appealed to the Irish Government to hold a public inquiry into his daughter's death, saying that the family was not happy with the probe so far. "We would like to appeal to Irish Government to please consider funding public inquiry. We are not happy with the progress made so far. We all don't understand the Health Service Executive (HSE) investigation. So once again I...  
12:22 PM, Nov 27, 2012

My personal condolances to Savita's family: Irish Minister

Ciarán Cannon, TD Ireland's Minister for Education and Skills talks about abortion law in Ireland and Savita's case. ...
06:02 PM, Nov 26, 2012

'Inquiry into Savita's death to be finished by Christmas' The probe into Savita Halappanavar's death will be completed before Christmas, Ireland's Health Minister has said, even as her distraught husband was considering lodging a complaint with the Ombudsman to assert ownership of his wife's medical notes. ...  
11:29 PM, Nov 25, 2012

Savita death: Indian community in Ireland rallies behind family

The Indian community in Ireland has assured all its support to Praveen Halappanavar, the husband of Savita who died after being denied a life-saving abortion by a hospital. ...
08:42 AM, Nov 25, 2012

Savita's abortion request papers are missing: Praveen Halappanavar

Ireland has ordered a third probe into the tragic death of Indian doctor Savita Halappanavar after she was denied a life-saving abortion by a Galway hospital. ...
10:16 AM, Nov 24, 2012

Savita Halappanavar death: Ireland orders 3rd probe Dublin: Ireland ordered a third probe into NRI doctor Savita Halapannavar's tragic death at a Galway hospital earlier this month after her dentist husband Praveen claimed that crucial papers relating to her repeated requests for abortion were missing from the Galway University Hospital's files. Halapannavar was miscarrying and had repeatedly requested her doctors for an abortion, a helpless plea that could not stand up against the firm Catholic traditions of...  
09:54 AM, Nov 24, 2012

Savita's abortion requests missing from medical file London: Praveen Halappanavar, husband of an Indian dentist who died due to pregnancy-related complications after being denied abortion in Ireland, says the medical notes made available to him do not contain their repeated pleas for a termination, but mention trivial requests for tea and toast. "They have all the other information including requests for tea and toast and for an extra blanket, all of that is in the notes, but...  
06:05 PM, Nov 23, 2012

Ireland to order statutory inquiry into Savita's death Bangalore: Ireland will order a statutory inquiry, in addition to the medical one, into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar due to pregnancy-related complications after being denied abortion, in a move seen as an attempt to meet her husband's demand for a full public probe. "... But we will also be setting up a statutory inquiry which will again, we hope, Praveen (Savita's husband) will be happy with," Ireland's...  
05:13 PM, Nov 23, 2012

Irish President intervenes in Savita death probe row Ireland: In a rare intervention, the Irish President Michael D Higgins came out in support of the demand of Savita Halappanavar's family for an independent inquiry into her death saying that any investigation 'must meet the needs of the family'. Meanwhile, Savita's husband Praveen Halappanavar told CNN-IBN that her medical report was tampered with. Praveen has been demanding an independent public probe into the circumstances that led to her death....  
06:07 AM, Nov 23, 2012