James Reilly

#Reilly legislation on abortion: It’s truly idiotic

John Ó Néill on April 25, 2013, 11:00 am

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And the abortion debate rumbles on …. Yesterday Health Minister James Reilly denied that it was ever being proposed that the opinion of six doctors would be stipulated in legislation covering abortion where there was a risk of suicide. This morning, Fionnan Sheahan published details of the draft legislation: • “One obstetrician and two psychiatrists have jointly certified that, in their reasonable opinion, there is a real and substantial risk of loss of the pregnant woman’s life from self-destruction and …

The Reilly Shortall affair: And Ireland’s loss of political direction…

Mick Fealty on October 5, 2012, 8:28 am

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It’s been a good week to be in opposition in Irish politics. Pretty distressing if you’re trying to keep it together inside Government. Billy Kelleher of Fianna Fail may have been the one who first flushed out Roisin Shortall… but Mary Lou’s been reaping the benefits too… So what’s the issue? Well, to start at the beginning, the problem relates to the implementation of a strategy in primary health care. Interestingly, the strategy dates from 2001 (PDF), and was the …