More than 1,200 applications made for birth information in a week

Adoption Authority CEO Patricia Carey said: “People who were adopted, boarded out or had their birth information illegally registered in Ireland have waited a very long time for this legislation.”

More than 1,200 people have applied for their birth information to the Adoption Authority of Ireland since the applications opened a week ago.

While most have come from Irish residents, the AAI has received applications from the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Germany and France, among others. The right to request this information came with the Birth Information and Tracing Act which was signed into law earlier this year.