Call for parent tracing service in unmarried cases

ADULTS who were born outside of marriage need a service to help them find their fathers, Treoir, the national federation for unmarried parents and their children said yesterday.

Over the summer, Treoir alerted parents through an advertising campaign of their children’s need to know both parents.

The organisation, which yesterday celebrated its 30th anniversary, received around 900 calls and “a small but significant number” were from adults who wanted to trace a parent, usually the father, said Treoir chief executive Margaret Dromey.