Savita’s grief stricken husband can’t bear to return to their family home

"Bocktherobber" - People like you make me want to vomit. You will carry on with a ridiculous twisting and turning, accusing others of saying things they didn't say, indulging in silly semantics. You accused me of having "a problem with foreigners" - in modern contextual English (a living language) that is accusing me of racism. If you want to say you accused me of xenophobia, carry on - I am neither racist nor xenophobic. Your second "point" (for want of a more fitting word or phrase) - I did not draw a "distinction" between Savita's case and that of Irish people. I drew a comparison between Savita's case and the case of Irish people. Yes, semantics! Like it? Love it! Now, go and annoy your pet rabbit. I have better things to be doing than indulging eejits like you.

Eamon you need to take your foot out of your mouth son..

No, Eamonn. That's not racism. That's xenophobia. Time to brush up on your definitions. And you certainly did make an issue of Savita's non-national status. Why else would you draw a distinction between her case and that of Irish people? At least Mairint is open about it.

Now, "Bocktherobber", Are you sitting comfortably? Firstly, you did indeed address me, by name, personally, when you questioned me in your post of November 25th at 6.31 pm. Read it now, please, then we can move on. O.K.? Alright then, secondly, you specifically said that I (Eamonn) "have a problem with foreigners". Racism is exactly that - "having a problem with foreigners". Therefore, you accuse me of racism although I did not mention foreigners, non-Irish, non-nationals, anything like that. O.K.? Now, we can move on to the third piece. Thirdly, I did not mention the word "India" or the word "foreigner" in my post. I simply said that there will be a lot of Irish people "wondering why their own tragedies have passed totally unnoticed and unremarked upon". See, no mention by me of anything in your false accusation.So, you see, Bock, your attempt to insult me is totally without foundation and has unveiled you as a poster who decides in his own mind what he wants to falsely accuse others of saying, in order that you can advance a reply to your fictitious imaginings. If you consider mine to have been a "red herring", you must now see yours as an enormous Crimson Killer Humpback Whales. Éamonn, Dublin.

Eamonn -- First of all I wasn't talking to you, unless you also happen to be Mairint. Second, I said nothing about racism, so don't put words in my mouth. Third, all this talk about India is irrelevant since the problem happened in Ireland and we must deal with its implications. So, let's have less of the red herrings please.

"Bocktherobber" - Any intelligent reading of my post will show that I consider there is a "problem" in that Irish people may well consider that their own tragedies got no responses or sympathies from our polticians. I speak from personal experience. There are many others, including other recent deaths in childbirth. Please don't be so glib with your "racist" rubbish. Éamonn.

Mairint -- It looks like you have a huge problem with foreigners. Why not just come straight out and admit it instead of pretending to say something else?

So Praveen is now free to go home to India and fight for the protection of women and infants there. How about the pediatrican who was beaten up by her surgeon husband for not aborting their two daughters, thrown down the stairs, as was one of the little babies, threatened by his family etc. Yes, lots for you to do back in the reality of India.

In their stupidity, some of the commenters here can't understand that this is not just about Praveen halappanavar. It could affect any of us. But why let that get in the way when you have a problem with foreigners? Isn't that right, Eamonn?

Following the personal 30 minute meeting of Mr. Halappanavar with the Minister for Health, the presidential utterance regarding the case (or "un-presidential" may be more apt) the Dáil Eireann debates, the two - possibly three - inquiries and the 24/7 fawning, craw thumping, politicians and media commentaries, there will be a lot of Irish people wondering why their own tragedies have passed totally unnoticed and unremarked upon. Éamonn, Dublin.

I wonder why he will not cooperate with the state inquiry. It can do nothing but support him in his European Court of Human Rights appeal, and it may have more teeth to it.

were it natives they'd be saying "it was a thing of nothing."