Hope hundreds of Irish couples may yet enjoy basic parenting rights others take for granted

In the second of our two-part series on surrogacy, Neil Michael reports  how a fresh examination by the Government could give legal status to children born through foreign surrogacy arrangements

Sharon O’Shea and Catherine O’Donnell (right) with Lucy, 8, in Ardara, Co Donegal. Picture: Joe Dunne 

The announcement that the Government is to look at international surrogacy is welcome for hundreds of Irish parents.

A fresh examination of the issue could give legal status to children born through foreign surrogacy arrangements that the currently proposed legislation doesn’t give.