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

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

Closure of Cúnamh Adoption Services ‘a huge disappointment’

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

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

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

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

Adoption files around the country could be seized under new Bill

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

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

Zappone delays adoption Bill to allow more consultation

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

Zappone rejects claim that adoption bill errs on side of secrecy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Court advises further legal measures to ensure regularisation of the adoption

Illegally adopted man says meeting birth mother ‘a blessing’

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

‘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

Carlow man tells court of illegal adoption ‘bombshell’

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

Adoption Authority examining 140 more births suspected of being illegally registered

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

Campaigners say adoption investigation terms of reference ‘shameful’

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

Incorrect registration of births ‘another failure by the State’

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

Adopted children must have right to contact with their birth families

Conference told it is time to look at supports as well as ‘clean break’ adoptions

Supreme Court to hear appeal over foreign adoption recognition

Case immediately affects status of two children adopted in another country

Hundreds in foster care to become eligible for adoption

Bill will give High Court revised criteria to approve adoption without parental consent

More than 50,000 adoptees to get right to birth certificates

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone secures approval for Adoption Bill

Philippines formally added as country for Irish adoptions

Adoption Authority of Ireland signs arrangements under Hague Convention

Adopted boy passed off as couple’s ‘natural child’, mother says

Woman and son allege fradulent documents created and are suing three parties

Children ‘being failed’ by lack of cyber bullying controls

State rapporteur on child protection says issue ‘one of the biggest challenges facing schools’

Judgments

Key cases in brief

Adoption can proceed without consent of father, court rules

Woman (22) persistently refused to identify father of her three-year-old daughter

Right to access birth cert for up to 50,000 adopted

Cabinet to discuss draft legislation which will apply to all past and future adoptions

Referendum body to clarify position on surrogacy and adoption

Government has plans to deal with area of surrogacy, commission chairman says

Family legislation most important change in a generation, head of AAI says

Same-sex couples can be assessed to adopt

A tale of two brothers separated for 44 years

When Frank Snellings visited Ireland to search for his birth mother, he discovered a sibling he never knew he had

Adoption body sees ‘glimmers of hope’ for prospective parents

Although progress has been made implementing the Hague Convention, international association says there is much yet to be done

Challenges of adoption past, present and future

Records and assessments are on the agenda for the adoption authority’s new chief executive, Patricia Carey

Age limit for adoptive parents urged by authority

Gap of 42 years should be maximum as more children available have special needs

Change sought to anomaly in adoption law

Lone-parent organisations and lawyers join call for changes to adoption legislation

Adoption body need not inform natural fathers, court rules

Judge drops legal requirement for Adoption Authority to find fathers

Bewildered and frustrated: the couple faced with unexpected adoption bills

A Donegal couple are dismayed by the bill they’ve received for a process they have withdrawn from

Most children placed for intercountry adoption now have special needs, conference told

Minister says applicants must be ‘realistic’ when looking at adopting from abroad

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