For those of us who have been involved in adoption activism over the past two decades, it often feels as though the Government is engaged in a war of attrition against adopted people, writes Claire McGettrick.

PRE-NUPTIAL agreements should become the norm to avoid heated courtroom battles over access rights and custody to children, according to researchers from Trinity College Dublin.

Guidelines should be drawn up to ensure separated fathers pay enough maintenance to support their children, it was claimed today.

WOMEN will be able to tell how fast their biological clock is ticking and when their child-bearing years are over, experts said yesterday, revealing a ground-breaking test on fertility.

WOMEN hold just 26% of medical consultant posts and only outnumber men at senior level in the area of psychiatry.