'We spent €40-€50k on IVF': Cork family highlights financial pressures of IVF

Mother who had two children through IVF calls for 'financial burden' on would-be parents to be lifted, calling on Government to give detail of plans for free service

Sarah Magner and her husband Darren spent close to €50,000 on IVF.

A woman who spent over €40,000 on self-funded IVF treatment to have children has urged the Government to urgently release details of plans for a public service.

Sarah Magner and her husband Darren are now proud parents to two children, but she said the financial demands facing Irish families limit who can follow this path to a family.