Ireland Abortion Row

• Ireland: Bill legalising abortion passes first hurdle

  Legislators in Ireland have voted in favour of a reform that will pave the way for legalising abortion in life-threatening cases.

• Ireland abortion row: Report on Savita Halappanavar's death to be published

  Ireland will publish a long-awaited report into why a miscarrying woman died in an Irish hospital after being refused an abortion, authorities said on Thursday as an opinion poll suggested strong public support for extending abortion rights.

• Ireland abortion row: Poor medical care killed Savita Halappanavar

  An Irish jury has found that poor medical care led to the hospital death of Savita Halappanavar who was denied an abortion.

• Savita Halappanavar's midwife apologises for telling her she couldn't have an abortion in Ireland

  A midwife has apologised for telling Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who had a miscarriage, that she could not have an abortion in Ireland because it was a "Catholic country".

• Savita Halappanavar inquest: Doctor admits system failures

  Savita Halappanavar's consultant obstetrician has admitted there were a number of system failures in her care at Galway University Hospital, where the 17-week pregnant Indian dentist died last October.

• Ireland abortion row: friend confirms abortion was denied

  A friend of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died after being denied an abortion in Ireland, testified during an inquest on Tuesday that medical staff at Galway University Hospital refused to carry out the termination of her pregnancy.

• Ireland abortion row: Savita Halappanavar inquest opens, husband to give account

  An inquest opened on Monday into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar who was reportedly denied an abortion in Ireland for her miscarrying foetus.

• Irish PM dismisses Pope's criticism of change in abortion laws

  Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Wednesday weighed into the country's abortion debate to dismiss the Pope's criticism of proposed new laws.

• Irish panel begins hearing submissions on new abortion laws

  More than two months after an Indian dentist died in Ireland after being refused termination of an unviable pregnancy, a committee set up by the Irish Parliament on Tuesday began hearing submissions from medical and legal experts along with religious leaders on drafting new abortion laws.

• Ireland abortion row: Savita Halappanawar's husband unhappy with delay in report into her death

  Praveen Halappanavar, husband of an Indian dentist who died after being denied an abortion in Ireland, is "not at all happy" with the authorities' failure to deliver a preliminary report into his wife's death before Christmas, and has been told to wait till the "end of January, possibly February."