Background A referendum was held in 1983, resulting in the adoption of a provision which became Article 40.3.3 of the Irish Constitution, the Eighth Amendment. Article 40.3.3 provides as follows: ‘‘The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by […]
Risk to life or health A termination of pregnancy may be carried out in accordance with the 2018 legislation where 2 medical practitioners, having examined the pregnant woman, are of the reasonable opinion formed in good faith that— there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman, the foetus has not reached viability, and it is […]
Background The Central Council for the Rehabilitation of Tuberculosis REHAB was founded in 1949. In the age of pool competitions in the 1950s, REHAB established a number of facilities in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. By the late 1950s, there were fewer TB patients, and it commenced accepting psychiatric patients. It concentrated on re-training. The State largely relied on religious institutions to provide for persons with […]