Authority grants adoption orders over Zoom during Covid lockdown

More than 20 adoption orders were granted over Zoom during lockdown, the Adoption Authority said. File Picture.

There were 560 applications received last year by the voluntary register that facilitates contact between adopted persons and birth relatives.

The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) maintains the National Adoption Contact Preference Register (NACPR) that received 5,060 applications when it was established in 2005.