Surge in adoption tracing expected

A surge in people seeking to trace their birth relatives is expected, after the numbers registering for the service fell last year due to the pandemic.

The country's adoption authority has said it expects a surge in people seeking to trace their birth relatives after the numbers registering for the service fell last year due to the pandemic.

Last year, there were just 353 new registrants who applied to join the NACPR (National Adoption Contact Preference Register), down from 469 new registrants joined in 2019 and 561 in 2018.