Adoption review granted

A COUPLE who adopted a child in Ethiopia have sought a court order requiring the Irish adoption board to legally register her here.

The couple, who cannot be named to protect the child, claim the adoption board, An Bord Uchtála, has breached their constitutional and human rights by refusing to put the child’s name on the Register of Foreign Adoptions.

This must be done most importantly so they can give permission for the child to receive medical treatment as she suffers from a hole in her heart, the High Court heard yesterday.