Euthanasia
# euthanasia - Today’s News
# euthanasia - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
‘Right to die’ challenge to go to the Supreme Court
Marie Fleming, who has multiple sclerosis, is to take her court case to the Supreme Court after she lost a High Court case on the ban on assisted suicide.
# euthanasia - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Column: Assisted suicide ruling will be a landmark for Ireland
A terminally ill MS patient is due to learn whether she be allowed to die with the assistance of her partner, writes Sharon O’Connor.
# euthanasia - Monday 17 December, 2012
Vatican newspaper slams gay marriage as communist ‘utopia’
“Why repeat the same mistake and chase after an unattainable utopia?” read the daily’s front-page editorial.
# euthanasia - Sunday 18 November, 2012
Poll: Do you support assisted suicide?
A case currently being heard before the High Court is asking whether Irish people have the constitutional right to an assisted suicide. What do you think?
# euthanasia - Thursday 16 August, 2012
Explainer: why nothing can be done for the Baltimore whale
Many of our readers have been wondering why the mammal cannot be ‘put out of its misery’. TheJournal.ie investigates.
# euthanasia - Saturday 3 March, 2012
Mobile euthanasia service launched in Netherlands
The units will travel the country offering eligible patients the chance to end their lives in their own homes.
# euthanasia - Thursday 5 January, 2012
A “strong case” for offering assisted death to terminally ill, says UK report
An independent panel funded by the author Terry Pratchett criticised the current legal status of assisted suicide as “inadequate and incoherent”.
Seven lives left? Cat survives two attempts to put her down
Animal shelter workers tried to euthanise Andrea the cat twice, then put her body in a fridge – only for her to be found alive.
# euthanasia - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Romanian lawmakers vote to euthanise stray dogs
Bucharest alone is home to an estimated 50,000 stray dogs.
# euthanasia - Tuesday 8 March, 2011
India legalises ‘passive euthanasia’
Landmark case centres on woman who was left paralysed following sexual attack 37 years ago.
# euthanasia - Wednesday 16 February, 2011
Controversial euthanasia doctor arriving in Ireland for debate
Dr Philip Nitschke will take part in debate at UCD tonight before holding a workshop on his methods tomorrow.
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: The morning after pill goes on sale without prescription; a euthanasia activist holds a seminar in Dublin, as suicide campaigners say ‘emotional literacy’ should be on the school curriculum.



























