Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a non-binding resolution stating: "Euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit, must always be prohibited." The purpose of the ...

An article in the Irish Times recently claimed that a survey showed almost 60% of medical students in University College Cork favoured euthanasia.

Life Institute spokeswoman, Niamh Uí Bhriain, has said that Dr Philip Nitschke's persistent visits to Ireland are an attempt to continually seek media attention, but that the message of the euthanasia advocate is both disturbing and dangerous.