Crowds turned out in Galway and Dublin last night to remember Savita Halappanavar, on the two year anniversary of her death.

The dentist from India died at University Hospital Galway from septic shock following a miscarriage.

Savita (31) had requested an abortion, but was told it was not possible under Irish law.

Dearbhla Quinn (right) and April Scully (left) attend the Dublin vigil | Image: Photocall

Since her death, the government has introduced the protection of life during pregnancy legislation.

It allows for abortion in case whereby there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother.

Pictured at the Dublin vigil are, from left, Eilis Murphy, Anupma Challagundla and Vankata Charumamilla | Image: Photocall

Cathy Doherty of the Abortion Rights Campaign says it is not enough.

She is calling on Fine Gael and Labour to repeal the 8th amendment during the lifetime of this Dail.

It follows a demonstration yesterday by pro-choice activists, which saw them travel from Dublin to Belfast in order to recreate the "Contraception Train" of 1971.

That year, activists took the train to the North and returned with condoms, which were then illegal in the Republic of Ireland.

A candlelight vigil was held at the gates of St Stephen's Green in Dublin | Image: Photocall

In a bid to highlight the continued ban on abortion in the Republic, non-surgical abortion pills were collected in Belfast yesterday for use by women here.

The interest group ROSA (Reproductive rights, against Oppression, Sexism and Austerity) says some activists took the pills to demonstrate their safety and to defy - what they call - Ireland's "medieval abortion laws which criminalise women."