Hundreds joined a march in Dublin today to remember Savita Halappanavar a decade after her death and to campaign for increased access to abortion services in Ireland.

Ms Halappanavar was 17 weeks pregnant when she died at University Hospital Galway from sepsis while suffering a miscarriage.

Three years after the eighth amendment in the Irish constitution was repealed, campaigners have renewed calls to axe some restrictions on abortion to make it more widely widely available across the island.

They are seeking a scrapping of the three-day wait period for women seeking abortion, as well as an expansion of the service beyond the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Joining the march was Labour TD Ivana Bacik, who said that Ms Halappanavar's death "galvanised public opinion" on the abortion issue.

Ruth Coppinger from ROSA Social Feminist Movement was also in attendance.

"We're here today to remember Savita, and we're also here today to say that the abortion law that we campaigned for is not meeting the needs of all of those who require abortions", she told Newstalk.

"Up to 400 people are travelling just to England and Wales each year."

"Some of them have medical diagnoses. Others couldn't meet the 12-week timeframe."

"That's not in the spirit of Repeal."

Main image shows activists at today's march. Picture by JJ Clarke/Newstalk.