Ireland's abortion laws are to be scrutinised by the UN later.
In Frances Fitzgerald's first official outing as Tánaiste she'll go to Geneva to defend our human rights record.
Among the accusations that our Justice Minister will face is a claim by the Netherlands that our laws surrounding terminations are "restrictive".
The wife of President Michael D Higgins has come in for criticism over her recent comments on abortion.
Speaking at a Student Midwives Debate, Sabina Higgins said it was an “outrage” against women that they should be "made carry" a baby in the case of "foetal abnormality".
Clare Pro-life campaigner Josephine McEvoy has condemned the comments and she's also hit out at media coverage of the issue.