Irish Council for Bioethics

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Irish Council for Bioethics

| logo =| founded_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|2002}}

| location = Dublin, Ireland

| focus = Exploring ethical issues in science and medicine

| homepage = [http://www.bioethics.ie/ Irish Council for Bioethics]

| dissolved = {{end date and age|2011|05|27|df=yes}}

| footnotes =

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The Irish Council for Bioethics ({{langx|ga|Comhairle Bitheitice na hÉireann}}) was an independent body established by the Government of Ireland in 2002 to examine and respond to bioethical issues in science and medicine. It provided independent advice to the government and those making policy, as well as promoting public understanding of contemporary bioethical issues. It ceased operations in 2010, due to withdrawal of state funding in the wake of the post-2008 Irish economic downturn.{{cite journal | last=Lyons| first=Barry| title=The Irish Council for Bioethics | journal=Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics | publisher=Cambridge University Press | volume=21 | issue=3 | date=25 May 2012 | issn=0963-1801 | doi=10.1017/s0963180112000096 | pages=375–383| pmid=22624540| s2cid=26613825}}

During its years of operation, the members of the council were nominated by the Royal Irish Academy, which also provided the body's secretariat.{{cite news| title=The Irish Council for Bioethics: who's who | website=The Irish Times |last=Downes| first=John|date=23 April 2008 | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-irish-council-for-bioethics-who-s-who-1.915893 | ref={{sfnref | The Irish Times | 2008}} | access-date=20 February 2021}} It was funded by grants through Forfás.