Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on IrishExaminer.com today.

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Thanks to Conall O’Fatharta’s article highlighting the white elephant that is the National Adoption Contact Preference Register.

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.