Facebook groups offering to arrange private adoptions and forged birth certificates

Margaret Norton was illegally adopted in Ireland in 1972. Picture: Bob Morrison

Facebook groups based in the UK are offering to arrange private adoptions and forged birth certificates for a fee of £1,900 (€2,240) to Irish families, the Irish Examiner has learned.

The groups are claiming they can act as a facilitator between prospective adopters and single women who are not in a position to look after their babies.