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<p>Interim AAI chief executive Colm O’Leary said the number of applications and registrations the authority had received 'exceeded expectations'. File picture</p>

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Adoption Authority receives over 3,800 applications for birth tracing information

Act launched last year grants people the right of access to birth certificates, birth and early life information

<p>One adoptee, now a mum herself, says: 'When my daughter was born in 1998 she had a simple medical issue. But I was unaware I had the same one and I was hospitalised and treated for that.' Stock picture</p>

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Birth information: ‘Tusla knows I met my birth mother — and I still have not got my files’

<p>For drivers booking NCTs, the next available date offered online for Cork’s Blarney centre is June 26, while for Little Island it is June 30, Charleville is June 28, Macroom July 7, Skibbereen June 19, and Youghal July 18.</p>

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Irish Examiner view: Delay is the word of 2023 so far

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Adoption rights campaigner brands Birth Information and Tracing Act as inadequate

Elaine Loughlin: Retrofit plan will go up in smoke if we can’t find people to do the work

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Elaine Loughlin: Not every institution is being made pay for past mistakes

Clodagh Finn: It’s a travesty to base redress on flawed mother and baby homes report

More than 1,200 applications made for birth information in a week

More than 1,200 applications made for birth information in a week

The tracing service will enable people to actively seek contact or share information, with counselling and support services available on request and free of charge

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022

'I couldn’t believe it when he said, ‘I think you’re adopted’'

'I couldn’t believe it when he said, ‘I think you’re adopted’'

On Carmel Lawlor’s 68th birthday, she did not tell anyone that she was going to visit her birth mother’s grave for the first time

Sat, 01 Oct, 2022

More than 16,000 people register with adoption authority

More than 16,000 people register with adoption authority

Birth information and tracing services are to become available on October 3 next

Thu, 22 Sep, 2022

Find a friend: One care home boy's tireless search for a fellow resident

Find a friend: One care home boy's tireless search for a fellow resident

The recently passed Birth Information and Tracing Act will allow adopted people and their biological parents guaranteed access to information and records about their birth and early life but there is currently no facility for peer tracing.

Tue, 20 Sep, 2022