Let’s all have the right to die like adults There is not much point asking any questions about euthanasia, right now, in Ireland. The Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF), on which we rely for easeful death, says: “Euthanasia is illegal; we will have nothing whatsoever to do with it. There is no debate about it.” Paul Murray, its spokesperson, said this when launching a nationwide Forum on End of Life recently.