Surrogacy stories: 'Our children are denied equal rights due to the way they were born'

Cork mother speaks out about the legal limbo hundreds of Irish families are in, and the need to change the law on surrogacy

'They are living, breathing Irish citizens,' says Annmarie McCarthy of her children, David and Olivia. She is pictured with her husband Ian and the twins at home in Killavullen, Co Cork. Picture: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

When Annmarie McCarthy first met the woman who agreed to be a surrogate for her, words quickly turned to tears.

She was so overwhelmed that this total stranger standing before her in a room in a New Delhi clinic in November 2015 had agreed to do this.