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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Fiach MacConghail: I acknowledge in the Seanad the passing of one of Ireland's most under-rated writers, the extraordinary Dermot Healy whom I knew. We met at funerals, wakes and festivals. There is a terrible sadness when a poet and an artist leaves us without a celebration and acknowledgment. Eileen Battersby could not have put it better in The Irish Timestoday when she wrote that Dermot Healy "began as a...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, to delete lines 7 to 9 and substitute the following:“ “unborn”, means a foetus which has reached that stage of development at which, if born, it would be capable of life outside the womb;”.As if my life is not complicated enough, I find the grouping of these amendments complicated. This issue has to do with the discussion we had...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Fiach MacConghail: ...case judgment, of which I am absolutely in favour. Therefore, all of my comments are based on this. We are not playing politics with the Bill. Women finally have a choice, even if it is limited, and the responsibility that they should have. The X case judgment is being legislated for and the vacuum is being closed, which I completely support. On a technical point, there is a...

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