Newstalk Radio: Dr Eric Kelleher on Concerns around Assisted Dying and Vulnerable People

Kieran Cuddihy, host of The Hard Shoulder on Newstalk radio,  is joined by Dr Eric Kelleher, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist and member of the College Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry to discuss the implications of the potential introduction of assisted dying legislation in Ireland and concerns around safeguarding for those with mental illness. 

People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny, also joins to outline the recent formation a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying. The aim of the Committee, which will meet over nine months, is to examine the legal and ethical implications of assisted dying legislation and practices, including issues of safeguarding and potentially vulnerable groups.

Listen to the segment in full on the GoLoud Player. 

Read the College position paper on Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, published in 2021, here.