Galway Bay fm newsroom - Dublin City Council has voted to name a street in the capital after Savita Halappanavar who died in Galway following complications regarding a miscarriage in 2012.
The motion was passed by 35 votes to 10 with four members abstaining at a meeting of the council last night.
However it was pointed out at the meeting that requests to rename streets usually come from local residents, rather than a 'top-down' approach.
Recently, Galway Pro-Choice group had supported the motion being proposed at Dublin City Council.
Savita Halappanavar died at University Hospital Galway in October 2012 after asking for a termination of her pregnancy which eventually led to her contracting septicaemia.
People Before Profit councillor on Dublin City Council, Tina McVeigh proposed the motion last night.
