Calls for an audit of all the files held by accredited adoption agencies and by the State, so that the full scale of illegal adoptions and birth registrations can be uncovered, have always fallen on deaf ears, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

A referendum may be required to ensure children given up for adoption can access more information about their birth parents, Enda Kenny has insisted.

Women and children are still being discriminated against by the State, the Dáil heard as TDs debated the mother-and-baby home scandal.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said he wants to know if there are more mass baby graves at mother-and-baby homes across the country.