The Irish Times

Cystic fibrosis: ‘It’s definitely a different lifestyle’

People affected by disease share their stories ahead of charity’s important fundraiser

Fri Apr 08 2022 - 06:01

Paul Murphy speaks of ‘huge burden’ IVF treatment has placed on his partner

TD tells Dáil of personal experience as House debates assisted reproduction Bill

Wed Mar 23 2022 - 22:20

‘Historic’ Bill to allow surrogacy to take place in State approved by Cabinet

Legislation will also help progress plan to provide IVF in public health system, says Donnelly

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 00:00

Bishop says embryos used in landmark study ‘gave no consent’

Catholic Church concerned over US study that removed mutations

Fri Aug 04 2017 - 01:00

Abortion on demand the legal outcome of repeal of Eighth Amendment

Simply removing protection for the unborn opens the way to unlimited abortion

Wed Sept 28 2016 - 01:00

Starting a Family: Infertility causes and treatments

Infertility can affect both men and women for a variety of different reasons, but there are a number of treatments out there that can help

Sat Feb 20 2016 - 06:00

Lack of legislation could allow gene-editing go unchecked

Ethical minefield of genome research has been avoided by governments, lecturer says

Mon Feb 01 2016 - 18:57

The continuing legal vacuum on surrogacy in Irish context while business is booming globally

Uncertainties prompt people to go abroad

Fri Mar 20 2015 - 00:00

Detail on assisted human reproduction rules needs work

Analysis: obvious focus of disagreement is plan to legislate for surrogacy

Thu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00

Slow delivery of legislation on issue of reproduction

Analysis: Scant detail in Leo Varadkar’s proposals except in relation to surrogacy

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 01:00

Cabinet approves Bill allowing adoption by same-sex couples

Child and Family Relationships Bill also reinforces grandparent rights

Tue Feb 17 2015 - 16:21

Patrick Smyth: Controversy over so-called ‘three-parent’ gene therapy

‘If the House of Lords backs the licensing of the procedure the UK will be the first state in the world to embrace the new technique’

Sat Feb 07 2015 - 00:01

Urgent need for laws on assisted human reproduction

Irish law fails to keep up with the science of human reproduction

Mon Nov 17 2014 - 01:15

New plans for regulation of assisted human reproduction by the end of the year

Department of Health to submit proposals to Governent

Tue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00

IVF should be publicly funded - Fine Gael TD

Catherine Byrne says couples spending thousands on fertility treatment need State support

Thu May 29 2014 - 13:24

Bill marks first step in grappling with surrogacy

Much work still needs to be done to ensure that the provisions of the proposed Bill meet its objectives

Mon Feb 17 2014 - 01:10

Too many couples receiving unnecessary IVF, study warns

Commercial pressure partly to blame for rise in fertility treatments, say researchers

Wed Jan 29 2014 - 01:00

Health insurers to discuss covering IVF treatments

Support group says people with medical cards should also be covered for IVF

Mon Sept 16 2013 - 01:01

Finding a path through infertility

The high cost of treatments here and lack of donor egg options are driving the growth of ‘fertility tourism’

Tue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00

Stem cell research requires legislation and guidelines

Opinion: Ireland’s lack of regulation repels foreign scientific investment and may also facilitate rogue operators

Sat May 18 2013 - 02:00

Is Ireland is danger of being left behind due to lack of stem cell research laws?

No legislation or guidelines in place to support research using human embryos

Fri May 17 2013 - 01:00

Scientists issue warning on embryonic stem cells breakthrough

Cloning technique may have ethical issues linked to destruction of viable embryos