PRAVEEN HALAPPANAVAR SETS DEADLINE FOR GOVERNMENT ON PUBLIC INQUIRY DEMANDS

Date Published: 29-Nov-2012

Praveen Halappanavar is calling time on the government - today's the deadline he set for the establishment of a public inquiry.

Savita's death from blood poisoning, arising out of a miscarriage a month ago in Galway, has been marked by her friends and family this week.

Her widower says he doesn't trust the HIQA and HSE inquiries already established, and has threatened to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights.

Europe would take the case, under the European Convention for Human Rights, if there's a risk the existing investigations won't uncover how Savita died, and whether the State bears some responsibility.