Irish Examiner view: Further law delays on surrogacy not justified

How many more distressed Irish parents have to come forward?

A nurse takes care of babies born to surrogate mothers at a surrogate operation in Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

Yesterday, we saw yet again how Irish citizens feel obliged to speak publicly about their own intimate pain because the Government has failed to legislate. A couple went on national radio to describe the “long and arduous” journey they and other Irish parents face to have children, born through international surrogacy, recognised as their own.