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The Irish Council for Bioethics

In October 2010 funding for the Irish Council for Bioethics (ICB) ceased. The decision to close down this body came as a result of the severe financial pressure that Ireland found, and still finds, itself under. It is broadly acknowledged that these fiscal difficulties arose partly through international events but also through domestic political ineptitude, corporate greed, and an abysmal failure of governance. In a belated and enforced attempt at fiscal rectitude, the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure was established, and it recommended a wide variety of cost-saving measures entailing rationalization, reorganization, consolidation, and prioritization, including ‘‘the discontinuation of funding for the Irish Council for Bioethics.’’ In its final report, the council summed up its dismay at the decision: