Irish PM receives bloody letters

(Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister said he had been sent letters written in blood and been branded a murderer by opponents of his government's plans to allow limited access to abortion, an issue that has polarised the country for decades.

Enda Kenny's government agreed draft legislation in April to allow for limited access to abortion where a woman's life is in danger, including the threat of suicide, following months of protests from both sides of the debate.

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Additionally, the Republic of Ireland would like to request that fellow members of the European Union, and in particular the United Kingdom, cease the practice of offering state abortions to Irish citizens who are not permanent residents of their nations. We view the facilitation of abortions for foreign citizens not only as a waste of resources, but as a direct attack on the rights on our Republic to enforce our own laws within our own territory. Such practice undermines the sovereignty of the Irish state, and should be condemned in the strongest terms.

The Republic of Ireland would further like to remind its fellow states that the head of the Irish Government should properly be referred to as "Taoiseach" rather than the inaccurate anglicised term "Prime Minister".