A United Nations special rapporteur has again called for a full-scale inquiry into the scale of forced and illegal adoptions that occurred in Ireland.

A United Nations watchdog is concerned that travel and certification documents issued by Irish authorities to couples who want to adopt children abroad “lack specificity and can be easily falsified.”

UN rapporteur: Mother and baby homes probe ‘not broad enough’

IRELAND has been urged to sign a groundbreaking European convention on preventing violence against women and domestic violence.