I remember reading my documents for the first time. The tortuous twists and turns of my early life
Paul Cullen: I have always known I was adopted, but my early years – unrecorded, unremembered – were one big void
Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI)
‘Where are you from?’: Adopted people face microaggressions and jokes, report finds
New study explores experiences of people who were adopted from other countries by Irish families
Woman sues over alleged forced adoption of her child at mother and baby home in 1980
The mother, who was unmarried when she gave birth, says she was forced to give up her baby
Adoption of 13-year-old boy by his aunt against birth mother’s wishes is approved by court
Teen has ‘deep-seated and expressed need’ for family stability, judge says
Surge in applications to adoption authority for birth information and to trace relatives
Authority says it processed more than 3,500 applications for birth information last year
High Court approves teen’s adoption against birth mother’s wishes
Judge says birth mother’s love for her child and her hopes for and emotional bonds with her can never be severed
Patricia Carey: ‘I’ve had good experiences of being adopted, but that does not mean that adoption is not difficult’
The newly appointed special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse brings an unshowy sense of determination to her mission
Mother and baby institutions payment scheme to open on March 20th
Roderic O’Gorman expects the first payments to be made in quarter two of this year
Adoption reunions at risk due to backlog, Tusla warns
Child and family agency says Birth Information and Tracing service could ‘collapse’ if extra funding is not provided
Adoption body says personal information request backlog now cleared
Delay of almost year ‘unacceptable’ as Adoption Authority of Ireland says it was inundated with applications for birth certificates, birth information, early life, care and medical information
Thousands register their contact preferences on new adoption register
Adoptees comprise the largest group of registrants at 11,246, followed by birth mothers with 2,675 registrants
Court challenge brought over Adoption Authority’s refusal to register foreign adoption of daughter
In their judicial review proceedings against the Adoption Authority of Ireland, Ireland and the Attorney General the couple seek various orders and declarations, including that they are their child’s legal parents
More than 5,000 adopted people yet to receive personal records
Thousands of applications have been made following the enactment of the Birth and Information Tracing legislation, but a significant backlog has built up
More than 1,500 adoptees will not receive documents within statutory deadline
Adoption Authority of Ireland said delay is ‘not satisfactory’
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