Plans are underway to make it easier for women to travel to the UK for an abortion following Saturday’s referendum result.
There are also calls to lift the threat of a 14 year prison sentence for women who take abortion pills here at home.
Health Minister Simon Harris is likely to consult with officials today, to get a time-scale for publishing legislation.
Clare’s Senator has described the result of the Eighth Amendment referendum as an enormous step forward for Ireland.
The country’s electorate voted on a margin of roughly two to one in favour of Repealing the Eighth in Friday’s historic vote.
While here in Clare, over 64% of the valid votes cast were in favour of abolishing the 30-year-old amendment, which gave equal weight to the life of the mother and the unborn child.
Fine Gael’s Martin Conway feels it was a significant day for our country: