'This directly affects my family': Westlife star Mark Feehily supports surrogacy campaign

"It really just does have to happen as a matter of urgency because until it does there's hundreds or thousands of children and families all over the country that are in a compromised position."

Mark Feehily with daughter Layla. Picture: Facebook

Singer Mark Feehily has called on the Government to prioritise introducing surrogacy legislation to support families like his.

Feehily and his fiancé Cailean O'Neill welcomed their daughter Layla in 2019. She was born via a surrogate in the United States. He has spoken publicly for the first time as part of a new video campaign by the Irish Families Through Surrogacy group.