To Ireland now where the Prime Minister announced a new abortion law will be in place by the end of the year, following a landslide victory in a referendum aimed at repealing the country's constitutional ban on the procedure.

Under the proposed legislation, abortions will be permitted during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and up to the 24th week in special cases. After Ireland's vote to liberalize its laws, the focus has now shifted to strict abortion laws in Northern Ireland where British Prime Minister Theresa May is now facing demands to act. Our correspondent Richard Bestic brings us more from outside the Irish parliament.

LEO VARADKAR IRISH PRIME MINISTER "So the wrenching pain of decades of mistreatment of Irish women cannot be unlived, however today we have ensured that it doesn't have to be lived again."