A UN committee has called on Ireland to hold a referendum on abortion.
The Economic and Social Council says it's concerned at Ireland's "highly restrictive legislation" and how it is strictly enforced.
It's calling on Ireland to take "all necessary steps", including a referendum, to allow wider access to terminations in line with international standards on human rights.
In a report issued this afternoon the council has also criticised "the lack of legal and procedural clarity on what constitutes a real substantive risk to the life, as opposed to the health, of the pregnant woman", and is asking Ireland to adopt guidelines to clarify precisely "what constitutes a real substantive risk to the life of a pregnant woman".
The finding comes after two days of hearings on Ireland's rights regime at the committee in Geneva earlier this month.
