The 32-year-old woman, who was a foreign national living in Ireland, underwent an abortion at a Marie Stopes clinic in west London. However, she died in a taxi hours after the procedure.
The woman, who was legally resident in Ireland, had sought an abortion at a maternity hospital in Dublin but had been told that it was not legally possible to provide one in this jurisdiction.
The woman died in January 2012. An inquest has not yet been held into the woman’s death as the police investigation is continuing.The husband said the couple was told that treatment of the condition could involve a procedure that would leave her infertile. “We were worried about what would happen when she became pregnant again,” he said.
“She was sick, but we were told that nothing could be done in Ireland. We were left on our own to deal with it. We didn’t get any help at all,” he said.
John McColgan and Moya Doherty with assembled Hoofer Massive at the Samuel Beckett bridge in Dublin just prior to this afternoon’s Gathering-flavoured world’s longest Riverdance line record bid.
(Pix: Oisín Kane)
Wow
at
Not parking.
Art.
(Thanks Mark)
How Much?
atThere’s a potentially costly sting in the tale to story of student wrongfully accused of fare dodging pic.twitter.com/9IRrwhSST7
— Frank Fitzgibbon (@FrankSunTimes) July 20, 2013
@KieranBinchy no but he’s dismissed his own solicitor whose total legal fees in the case, including barristers and experts, are circa €3m.
— Mark Tighe (@mktighe) July 20, 2013
Ouch.
More to follow.
Covers to Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
‘Sup Guise?
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John Lawlor writes:
Spotted last night in St Mary’s hospital in the Phoenix Park. I thought it was the storage facility for rooftop Christmas reindeer until they started to move.
Uh Oh
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Tax structures used by Amazon to route billions of pounds from sales to British customers through Luxembourg, paying negligible UK tax, are among a series of international loopholes earmarked for closure in a programme of reforms backed by G20 nations.
Oh.
Just Amazon UK?
The “once-in-a-century” move to patch up holes in international tax rules was unveiled in Moscow by George Osborne and fellow finance ministers from France and Germany, who have together been the driving force behind calls for reform.
Ah
“It is clear multinational companies have developed an unprecedented know-how for minimising their worldwide tax pressure,” he said.
*cough*
“These situations are literally impossible to explain to our fellow citizens.”
Um..
Osborne agreed: “People and companies have to pay the taxes that are due, it’s the only way to operate in a fair and competitive society … Our message is clear: everyone must pay their fair share of tax.”
Tell Larry to put the drums in the van.
Everyone stay cool
Amazon told: time is up for tax avoidance (Guardian)
(Amazon)
In One Take
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But I can see that there’s something amazing beyond this town tonight,
And I’ll concede the eyes of this beholder are older not wiser tonight
When I was a boy I had just dreams and no fears
the sound of the city was music to my ears
the moon and the stars are reflections in your tears
and I am free tonight
Glimmermen – This Town
Lynn writes:
I thought you might like this. It’s the new video from Dublin-based band Glimmermen. Shot in one take on a busy night in Temple Bar (Dublin). It’s taken from their forthcoming album I’m Dead. I dare you to watch the fight scene only once :)