Authority knew about illegal adoptions

The Adoption Authority was alerted to the activities of a Monaghan GP —recently exposed as arranging illegal adoptions in the 1970s — as far back as 2005.

Dr Irene Creedon, who ran a GP surgery in Monaghan and has since died, was reported in various media outlets last week as helping to arrange illegal adoptions in the 1970s.

However, it has since emerged that the Adoption Rights Alliance and its predecessor Adoption Ireland were aware of the suspicions around Dr Creedon for many years and had warned the Adoption Board and its successor the Adoption Authority about her activities as far back as 2005.