 In 2016, he told RTÉ that people who wanted palliative care should have the right to palliative care, that people who want to die in a way of their choosing should have that right, and that terminally ill people and their loved ones should absolutely break the law to avoid unnecessary suffering.Nugent has been profiled or interviewed in the "Irish Times", the "Sunday Business Post", the "Sunday Independent" and the "BBC Mundo" Spanish language website.He has been interviewed on various broadcast media including the BBC World Service, NPR's "All Things Considered", and RTÉ's "Prime Time", "Ryan Tubridy", "Today with Pat Kenny", "Spirit Moves", and "Seoige and O'Shea".