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Marie O'Halloran

Marie O'Halloran

Parliamentary Reporter

Marie O'Halloran is a parliamentary reporter with The Irish Times.

Dr Peter Boylan, former master of the National Maternity Hospital: estimated there were some 60 terminations in hospitals in the State annually. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
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Dr Sam Coulter Smyth: the master of the Rotunda Hospital said the inclusion in legislation of suicidal intent as grounds for a termination posed major ethical dilemmas for obstetricians. Photograph: Eric Luke
Government likely to face pressure to modify draft abortion Bill

Master of Rotunda Hospital says inclusion in legislation of suicidal intent as grounds for a termination not evidence-based

Minister of Health Dr James Reilly: left the committee hearing without taking questions. Photograph: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
Nobody can say risk of suicide will never occur, Oireachtas health committee hears

Psychiatric assessments of suicide risk are not ‘hocus pocus’, says chief medical officer

Master of the Rotunda Hospital Dr Sam Coulter Smyth arrives for the public hearings on the Heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 at Leinster House yesterday. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Voices at the hearings

‘It is about saving women’s lives’

Dr Rhona Mahony, of the National Maternity Hospital, said the life of the foetus must be vindicated where it was practicable. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Maternity hospital Masters differ on suicide provision

Current regime of treating at-risk pregnant women 'unreasonable', abortion hearing told

Minister for Health James Reilly arrives for the Oireachtas health committee hearings on the heads of the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013 this morning. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
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Masters of two major maternity hospitals among those giving evidence to Oireachtas committee

Medical Council president Kieran Murphy. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
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