Women’s centre faces probe over private adoptions

AN inquiry into a women’s support centre which helped facilitate private adoptions in the 1990s is underway, according to the Health Service Executive (HSE).

A spokesperson for the HSE confirmed that a number of social workers in the former Eastern Regional Health Authority have been appointed to conduct the inquiry into the Aadam’s Women’s Centre.

The centre, based in Cork and Dublin, oversaw the taking of at least two babies into unlawful custody, although it is understood the inquiry will investigate claims that up to 50 babies might have been passed through for private adoption.