A number of prominent politicians have called on the Government to establish an immediate State inquiry into forced and illegal adoption.
Wed, 15 May, 2019
Leo Varadkar has claimed that “what’s different” about the latest revelations in relation to St Patrick’s Guild is that this is the first time we have found “documentary evidence” of such cases.
Sat, 02 Jun, 2018
The Irish Examiner first wrote about Tressa Reeves in 2010. Her case sparked the first-ever audit of records by the then Adoption Board and highlighted again Ireland’s murky adoption history.
Wed, 30 May, 2018
Evidence of multiple illegal adoptions — with at least one child sold to the US from the Tuam mother and baby home — was uncovered by the HSE as early as 2012.
Mon, 23 Apr, 2018
The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) has said it was “not aware” that a formerly accredited adoption agency owned an unmarked grave in which children were buried as late as 1990.
Fri, 09 Mar, 2018
The Mother and Baby Homes Commission has refused to confirm whether or not it contacted the Adoption Authority (AAI) about a section in its second interim report dealing with illegal birth registrations.
Wed, 19 Apr, 2017
The language and scope of the Mother and Baby Home Commission is questionable, says Conall Ó Fátharta
Thu, 13 Apr, 2017
An amnesty from prosecution for those involved in facilitating illegal adoptions has been suggested by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission.
Wed, 12 Apr, 2017
A welcome and positive development in the best interest of children: that’s the Children’s Rights Alliance response to Ireland’s agreement on inter-country adoption with the Philippines.
Fri, 19 Aug, 2016
Adoption campaigners are concerned that tens of thousands of unmarried women and girls whose children were forcibly or illegally adopted will be excluded from the upcoming mother and baby homes inquiry.
Mon, 02 Feb, 2015
Amidst the tsunami of speculation about the whereabouts of the bodies of almost 800 children from the former Tuam mother-and-baby home, some sceptics have settled on the belief that 796 bodies could not be contained in this small plot of land.
Mon, 09 Jun, 2014
President calls on the State and institutions to provide information
Tue, 18 Feb, 2014
In response to the excellent article by Conall O’Fatharta (Irish Examiner, February 4), I am outraged by Minister Fitzgerald’s response that all adoptions were carried out and sanctioned by the Adoption Board (AAI), after 1952.
Sat, 08 Feb, 2014
Adopted people have hit out at claims by Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald that every adoption carried out by the State was done in line with the law.
Tue, 04 Feb, 2014
The Adoption Authority was alerted to the activities of a Monaghan GP —recently exposed as arranging illegal adoptions in the 1970s — as far back as 2005.
Mon, 14 Jan, 2013
The HSE has continued to fund an adoption agency despite it not being accredited to carry out any adoption services since Nov 2010.
Mon, 28 May, 2012
The Adoption Authority has said it has “no plans” to inspect all the files held by accredited adoption agencies, despite evidence that some have arranged illegal adoptions.
Mon, 21 May, 2012
THE ADOPTION Authority has lost its second chief executive in just over a year after Elizabeth Canavan resigned just five months in the job.
Thu, 06 Oct, 2011
THE first ever audit of the Adoption Authority’s records has uncovered approximately 50 cases of illegal adoptions.
Sat, 01 Oct, 2011
TRESSA REEVES, whose son was illegally adopted and registered as the natural child of the adoptive parents, says she has received no assistance from the Adoption Authority more than a year after her case was exposed.
Mon, 22 Aug, 2011
IRISH Examiner journalist Conall Ó Fatharta has won one of the highest accolades on offer at the Justice Media Awards for his outstanding exposé on Ireland’s illegal adoption scandal.
Fri, 03 Jun, 2011
Tue, 10 May, 2011
Tue, 12 Apr, 2011
SOME Adoption Board members attended just a fraction of board meetings between 2005 and 2009, a period in which the organisation was embroiled in high-profile scandals.
Mon, 24 Jan, 2011
A HIQA-STYLE inspection unit to ensure bodies approved to provide adoption services meet strict new regulations is being considered by the Adoption Authority.
Mon, 22 Nov, 2010
THE Government’s confirmation that work has started on tracing and information legislation for adopted people and natural parents has a received a cautious welcome from adoption support groups.
Mon, 15 Nov, 2010
SINCE May of last year, countless headlines have reported the clamour amongst lobby groups for adoptive parents, politicians and scores of couples left in limbo to reopen Vietnam as a country from which Irish couples can adopt.
Mon, 01 Nov, 2010
THE Adoption Board has said it has no intention of inspecting all adoption files held by the HSE and private adoption agencies, despite the HSE admitting some files contain evidence of illegal birth registrations.
Tue, 12 Oct, 2010
ADOPTION assessments are to be moved from the HSE to independent bodies so social workers can focus more on child protection and family support work.
CAROL O’KEEFFE has known from a young age she was adopted.
Sat, 14 Aug, 2010
THE Adoption Board has been at the centre of a number of scandals concerning how domestic and foreign adoptions have been carried out since adoption was made legal in 1952.
A TOP civil servant has been drafted in to take over the running of the Adoption Board following the sudden departure of the chief executive last month.
Thu, 12 Aug, 2010
THE chief executive of the Adoption Board left the post at the beginning of July, it has been confirmed.
Fri, 23 Jul, 2010
THE Adoption Board has confirmed it is to carry out an audit of its information and tracing service records to identify any cases involving illegal activity.
Fri, 11 Jun, 2010
ADOPTION agency Helping Hands, currently under investigation by the Adoption Board in relation to fees it charges people to adopt from Vietnam, has issued a report clearing the agency of any impropriety.
Wed, 09 Jun, 2010
A NEW adoption agency to facilitate inter-country adoptions for Irish people is scheduled to launch in September.
ANY adoption agency which engages in illegal practices should be de-registered and if necessary the case referred to An Garda Síochána, the chairman of the Adoption Board has said.
Fri, 21 May, 2010
FINE GAEL has hit out at claims by Fianna Fáil that adoptive parents are partly to blame for the hold-up in Russian adoptions.
Tue, 11 May, 2010
AS the campaign to improve the rights of adopted people gathers momentum, one of the founders of the Adoption Rights Alliance has written to the Minister for the Children reminding him how every day of her life is spent fighting for those whose rights are being routinely denied.
Wed, 28 Apr, 2010
“OUR whole social history as a nation is in those files and some of it is not pretty but it’s my heritage and it’s the heritage of 42,000 other people.”
Tue, 20 Apr, 2010
TRESSA REEVES stares at the framed piece of paper on the wall.
Mon, 19 Apr, 2010
THE Adoption Bill ignores the information and tracing rights of more than 42,000 adopted people and their families, a new coalition of adoption and children’s rights groups has claimed.
Fri, 12 Mar, 2010
THE Government has “slammed the door in the face” of young couples attempting to adopt by suspending services from Vietnam.
Fri, 15 Jan, 2010
NO time scale has been set for the processing of 20 adoptions agreed between the Irish and Vietnamese authorities.
Wed, 30 Dec, 2009
The Government is publishing new legislation to reform and streamline the adoption process.
Fri, 23 Jan, 2009
THE Government was accused of “harbouring a culture of secrecy” after figures show the number of requests made under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act have almost halved since fees were introduced five years ago.
Wed, 29 Oct, 2008
Foreign children adopted by an Irish parent are entitled to become a citizen even if the family lives outside the state, it was recommended today.
Tue, 19 Feb, 2008
THE Law Reform Commission has called for new laws to require the Government to provide counselling for families with adopted children.
International experts will today discuss growing number of foreign children being adopted from overseas.
Tue, 12 Feb, 2008
ALMOST 7,000 people have joined a national register established to facilitate contact between adopted people and their natural parents.
Fri, 23 Nov, 2007
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