According to Dr Mary Holohan the “medical needs of the mother do not require removal of the Eighth Amendment” but “there appears to be a campaign strategy to create a contrary impression."

“No doctor doing their job properly would wait until there is an immediate and critical threat to a pregnant woman’s life before acting to protect the woman. The Eighth Amendment does not stop me from doing my job.”

Three Irish missionaries recognised on Presidential Distinguished Service Awards for 2015.

Sr Dr Maura Lynch MMM, a doctor-surgeon and obstetrician, recognised for her ground-breaking work with women devastated by obstetric fistula in Africa.

"From the point of view of Catholic teaching on general medical ethics, there is no obligation to use extraordinary means to maintain a life," Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.

HSE inquiry must include "a thorough and transparent investigation into the involvement of the Irish Family Planning Association."

Unborn baby delivered at 25 weeks by caesarean section after mother requests abortion under the terms of the new Act.