I had no birth cert so why was my adoption allowed?

CAROL O’KEEFFE has known from a young age she was adopted.

However, last December she was horrified to discover the Adoption Board granted her adoption in July 1972 without one key piece of documentation – her birth certificate – and in the knowledge that her birth had never been registered.

After further questioning, Carol was informed her birth was never registered by the nursing home where her mother gave birth.