The Irish Times

Nearly 5,000 children adopted by parents in Ireland since 1991

Largest number have come from Russia, followed by Romania, China and Ethiopia

Wed Jan 08 2020 - 19:00

Closure of Cúnamh Adoption Services ‘a huge disappointment’

Under proposed legislation all such services will be vested solely in State agencies

Tue Dec 31 2019 - 02:03

Catholic adoption agency Cúnamh closes its Dublin doors after 106 years

Legislative changes will vest all future legal rights and responsibilities for information and trace services solely in State agencies

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 20:31

Budget 2020 main points: Free GP care for under 8s, extra gardaí to be recruited

Free dental care for under 6s, Help-to-Buy extended, more SNAs and teachers to be hired

Tue Oct 08 2019 - 18:15

Damages claim by woman who gave up daughter for adoption

Woman (56) says she was coerced into having her baby adopted nearly 40 years ago

Thu Sept 05 2019 - 16:06

Adoption files around the country could be seized under new Bill

Adoption Authority has identified 160 potential locations where files are being held

Thu Jul 18 2019 - 01:00

Shame and guilt hang over people caught up in adoption scandal – solicitor

CLP’s Norman Spicer said State redress scheme could help avoid prolonged litigation

Mon Jun 24 2019 - 08:56

Zappone delays adoption Bill to allow more consultation

Minister halts legislation after meeting advocacy groups, lawyers, social workers

Wed Jun 19 2019 - 20:37

Zappone rejects claim that adoption bill errs on side of secrecy

Adoption Rights Alliance says Minister risks ‘being on the wrong side of history’

Wed Jun 12 2019 - 09:26

Woman ‘given back wrong child’ to begin legal proceedings

Helen Maguire (71) left infant daughter in temporary care at St Patrick’s Guild in Dublin

Mon Jun 10 2019 - 18:21

Woman tells court she was coerced into giving up baby in 1979

Woman suing Adoption Authority of Ireland alleging personal injuries, breach of rights

Fri May 17 2019 - 19:33

Identifying people adopted illegally is ‘slow work’, says Tusla

Independent report on illegal birth registration due to Zappone at end of May

Thu Apr 25 2019 - 01:00

Children adopted from foster care ‘should have priority for State services’

Paper from Irish Foster Care Association says carers should get enhanced supports

Thu Nov 29 2018 - 11:57

Authority may not recognise a foreign-based adoption – Supreme Court

Court advises further legal measures to ensure regularisation of the adoption

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 17:43

Illegally adopted man says meeting birth mother ‘a blessing’

Patrick Farrell is suing State and Catholic adoption agency for alleged deceit, conspiracy

Tue Jul 10 2018 - 18:43

‘How can I move home when Irish law does not recognise I am my son’s father?’

Parents who have had children by surrogacy are put off returning because of a legal limbo

Sat Jul 07 2018 - 11:45

Carlow man tells court of illegal adoption ‘bombshell’

Paddy Farrell says he found out after 50 years that he was ‘André Donnelly’

Tue Jul 03 2018 - 18:14

Adoption Authority examining 140 more births suspected of being illegally registered

Dáil hears of ’home boys’ sent from institutions to work for farmers

Thu Jun 14 2018 - 20:38

Campaigners say adoption investigation terms of reference ‘shameful’

‘Lack of communication and consultation with survivors is not helping but causing hurt and harm’

Fri Jun 01 2018 - 21:02

Incorrect registration of births ‘another failure by the State’

Those affected, between 1946 and 1969, had adoptive parents wrongly registered as birth parents

Tue May 29 2018 - 17:40