More than 200 women travelled from Ireland to access abortion in England and Wales last year

Over 200 women accessed abortion in England and Wales last year, statistics released today reveal.

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Past and present are vital link that brings people together for Dungarvan’s Pride

On the morning of May 22, 2015, Emilene Stafford left her pub on Dungarvan’s lower main street and turned towards the old convent school with the black and yellow polling station signs outside.

Politicians told they need to start taking maternity leave to lift barriers to women

Politicians have been warned they need to start taking maternity leave to change a “culture” that is stopping women from getting into politics.

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What’s all the fuss about? Context is crucial to understanding the Dublin Pride and RTÉ falling-out

Some people may have listened to those four fateful days of Liveline, the ones which led to Dublin Pride ending its partnership with the state broadcaster, and wondered what all the fuss was about.

€260,000 a year going to private fertility clinic for cancer patients

The State is spending more than a quarter of a million euro a year on a private clinic for fertility treatments for cancer patients.

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Ellen Coyne Opinion We are more than just commuters — and we desperately need a late-night public transport system that reflects that

Night was losing against light. The pink threat of another scorching sunrise had already set fire to the horizon. The very last DJs and bands were in discord with each other, orchestrating a squall of noise at the midpoint between stages. That was where we stood, looking for the exit.

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‘I don’t believe that men in the Oireachtas have the same level of pressure as women’: female politicians on family life

Eileen Flynn struggled to focus on the minister in front of her. The young senator was standing in the chamber of the upper house, trying to grill the Government on the issues of the day, but her mind was many miles away.

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Ellen Coyne Opinion Why does no one want to hear from happy mothers? People only want women to share their negative experiences of new motherhood

When the light catches and gleams from a friend’s ring finger, and they recount tales of bent knees on sandy beaches, you don’t share cynical insights about the miserable parts of marriage. When an elated colleague shares news of a prestigious promotion, they aren’t usually trying to solicit gloomy stories about the demands and downsides of a fast-paced profession.

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Russian invasion forces surrogacy agencies to abandon Ukraine putting baby plans on hold

Surrogacy agencies in Ukraine are relocating to countries such as Cyprus and Georgia as they brace for the “long-lasting effect” of war making the country unattractive to hopeful parents.

Health Minister accused of causing 'untold' hurt to families with children born through surrogacy

STEPHEN Donnelly has been accused of going on an “ill-informed” solo run, causing “untold” hurt to families with children born through surrogacy.

People with HIV forced to travel abroad for fertility treatments

People living with HIV are forced to travel abroad for fertility treatments, as no private fertility clinic here has a lab to process samples from people with the virus.

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Ellen Coyne Opinion People are utterly beleaguered with the capital at the moment, and they are starting to see evidence of a defective Dublin everywhere they look

It’s been a rough enough time for Dublin. By the time reporters had descended on Terminal 1, collecting anguished vox pops from would-be travellers trapped in queue purgatory, it had already been decided that the airport shambles could not and would not be regarded as an isolated crisis.

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Kerry hospital ‘aware’ doctor was sharing anti-vaccine posts online

University Hospital Kerry has said it is aware of a clinician who has been posting anti-vaccine conspiracy theories on social media under his real name.

International students who intend to continue higher level studies this autumn will be allowed to work in Ireland over the summer

International students who intend to continue higher level studies this autumn will be allowed to work in Ireland over the summer.

Pointless visa rules mean language students will lose accommodation over the summer, Government told

The Government has been urged to consider extending the visas of English language students who will have to leave the country for the summer and risk losing their accommodation.

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Explainer: When is abortion legal and how can it be accessed in Ireland?

Abortion in Ireland is free and legal up to 12 weeks’ gestation.

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Ellen Coyne Opinion The Amber Heard hate campaign is being called the end of #MeToo, but Irish defamation law means the movement never even got started here

The trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp is like a poisonous gas, seeping into all of our lives. I set futile barriers, unfollowing all the gossip Instagram accounts that had soured with their gleeful spectatorship of the gruelling trial. I didn’t seek out the websites for whom this miserable saga has proved so lucrative.

‘Enraging’ that women must still go abroad for terminations for fatal foetal conditions, woman at centre of ‘Miss D’ case says

The woman at the centre of the “Miss D” case has said she is “enraged” that Irish women are still being forced to leave their babies’ bodies behind in foreign hospitals, having had to travel for a termination for medical reasons.

Revealed: Half of the counties in Ireland have fewer than 10 GPs offering abortion services

Half the counties in Ireland have fewer than 10 GPs providing abortion services, according to new figures.

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Ellen Coyne Opinion Menstrual leave is a great idea on paper, but it just won’t work for most women...

The twist deep in my abdomen is familiar. It often intrudes regardless of the day, the time, or how busy I am. The pain of it regularly forces me to fold over on myself.

Irish escort site offered ‘war fantasy’ sex with Ukrainian women

An Irish escort website encouraged men to live out their “war-inspired” fantasies by paying for sex with Ukrainian women.

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Repeal veterans have broken their own rules in maternity hospital row

‘You cannot even buy condoms in Vincent’s pharmacy — who are the nuns trying to fool saying they will allow abortions to be performed?” This tweet, with its hundreds of combined likes and retweets, has been up since May 9.

Irish escort website encouraged men to live out their ‘war-inspired fantasies’ by paying for sex with Ukrainian refugees

An Irish escort website encouraged men to live out their “war-inspired fantasies” by paying for sex with Ukrainian women who had fled the war.

Trans people will be included when it comes to conversion therapy ban, confirms minister

Transgender people will not be left out of any new law to ban so-called conversion therapy in Ireland, the Equality Minister has said.

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Ellen Coyne Opinion ‘In the wake of the US Roe v Wade clawback, my timeline became a warped imitation of pre-Repeal Ireland’

I thought we had seen enough women pour their hearts out to last a lifetime, and then a new wave of them came. They were women with different accents in different places but telling stories that we, from bitter experience, know very well.

Abortions, IVF and gender affirming surgery will all be available at new maternity hospital, St Vincent’s bosses confirm

Abortion, gender affirming surgery, IVF and voluntary sterilisation will all be available at the new National Maternity Hospital, St Vincent’s Healthcare Group has confirmed.

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‘We have a fortnight to get the truth out there’: As Holles Street creaks at the seams, staff battle ‘myths’

Pregnant women heave themselves out of cars double parked on Holles Street, dodging delivery vans as they rush across the busy street to the swish of the automatic hospital doors.

NMH row: 14 of 19 maternity units in Ireland will offer abortions by the end of the year

The Government expects 14 of Ireland’s 19 maternity units to be providing abortion services for pregnancies of at least up to 12 weeks’ gestation by the year’s end.

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Five-year row over maternity hospital now looks like time wasted on someone’s culture war

In January 2019, in the early days of Ireland’s new abortion law, the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street was already providing terminations to women who only a month earlier would have had to travel abroad.

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Ellen Coyne Opinion Following the crowds to the ‘best’ restaurants doesn’t always guarantee a good meal

Harsh overhead strip lighting beat down on us. An automated voice called out numbers in English and Portuguese, the same ones which were being displayed on flat screen TVs around the waiting room.