Is it time we talked about euthanasia?
A seriously ill Dutch couple recently decided to die together. That couldn’t happen here
The prospect of sharing a last word and a kiss and dying holding hands may never be a realistic one in Ireland
Nic and Trees Elderhorst were 91 years of age when they died by euthanasia in Holland recently. He had suffered a stroke and she had been told she had dementia. According to a report in De Gelderlander, they did not want to live without each other. Neither did either of them want to die alone. They had been married for 65 years.