Siobhan Whelan
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UN will challenge Ireland further if abortion law unchanged, Oireachtas told
- Politics
- November 8, 2017, 20:28
Ireland will face further cases before the United Nations if it fails to change abortion laws, an Oireachtas committee has been advised. The committe(...)

Woman paid €30,000 over having to travel for abortion
- Politics
- November 7, 2017, 19:53
The Government has paid €30,000 in compensation to a woman who travelled to the UK for an abortion after a diagnosis of fatal foetal abnormality. Sio(...)

Scratch off Ireland’s gloss and you’ll uncover an ugly place
- People
- June 24, 2017, 06:09
If you only ever read the international headlines about this small, damp island of ours, you might be lulled into congratulating yourself for living i(...)

It feels as if Ireland would do anything other than allow women to hold their fate in their own hands. As a country we have ceded decisions about wome(...)

Abortion is, once again, the issue that will not go away
- Health
- June 14, 2017, 01:00
The United Nations again excoriates Ireland for failing to provide abortion to a woman whose baby had a fatal foetal abnormality; details emerge of a(...)

Minister for Health wants abortion referendum next year
- Politics
- June 13, 2017, 21:18
Minister for Health Simon Harris has stressed his desire to see a referendum to repeal the eighth amendment of the Constitution next year. Mr Harris (...)

Woman ‘felt like a criminal’ leaving Ireland for termination
- Health
- June 13, 2017, 19:40
Siobhán Whelan was in the 20th week of her second pregnancy in January 2010 when an ultrasound scan at Wexford General Hospital revealed her baby had (...)

Irish abortion law violated woman’s human rights, UN says
- Health
- June 13, 2017, 14:09
A United Nations committee has found Ireland violated the human rights of a woman who had to travel to Britain for an abortion after her baby was diag(...)
Unacceptable inequalities in maternity services persist
- Editorial
- September 27, 2016, 00:00
The inquest into the death in May 2014 of one-day-old Conor Whelan in Cavan General Hospital is another a reminder of unequal standards in maternity s(...)

Pregnant woman ordered to attend court day before due date
- Crime & Law
- August 3, 2016, 15:26
A district judge on Wednesday ordered a pregnant woman to attend court on Friday, the day before she’s due to give birth. District Judge Paul Copelan(...)