# Adoption
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St Patrick's Guild
Six-month waitlist for counselling and confusion for those affected by adoption scandal despite promises
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Jan 12th 2019, 12:05 AM
Arc Adoption
Couples who were left in limbo after adoption agency shut down to get payments
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Jan 10th 2019, 6:20 AM
Magdalene Laundries
'Many still don't know where loved ones are buried': Irish abuse conference happening in Boston
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Nov 1st 2018, 3:00 PM
mother-and-baby homes
'My mother was tied to the bed and when she couldn't push, one of the nuns sat on her chest'
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Oct 15th 2018, 10:52 AM
St Patrick's Guild
Adoption scandal: Officials questioned whether telling those affected would 'do more harm than good'
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Jul 6th 2018, 12:05 AM
Adoption
'Lies, secrets and silences': Some people with illegally registered births will never know
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Jun 14th 2018, 5:08 PM
Adoption
'Ireland's history needs to be cleaned up': Calls for scope of Mother and Baby Homes inquiry to be extended
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Jun 12th 2018, 1:13 PM
Voices
Joan Burton: 'I only saw my long form birth cert when I was close to 50 years of age'
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Jun 6th 2018, 7:00 AM
Your Say
Poll: Should adopted people be allowed access their full birth information?
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May 31st 2018, 9:58 AM
Adoption
'My date of birth was changed, so my biological parents had no hope of finding me'
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May 30th 2018, 6:08 PM
false registrations
Varadkar says there'll be 'difficult conversations' as some Irish people find out they were adopted
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May 30th 2018, 11:30 AM
St Patrick's Guild
Zappone reveals at least 126 children were wrongly registered as biological children of adoptive parents
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May 29th 2018, 3:26 PM
Adoption
Oklahoma passes law allowing adoption agencies deny children to LGBT families on religious grounds
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May 4th 2018, 7:33 AM
PSC
"It is the worst form of humiliation" - Woman denied Public Services Card due to adopted status
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Jan 21st 2018, 12:05 AM
Home
'They were hell on earth': Global efforts to get kids out of orphanages are paying off
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Dec 25th 2017, 1:00 PM
dogs trust
'By getting a puppy at Christmas you're putting it at the worst start in life'
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Dec 21st 2017, 6:15 AM
singled out
'I've had to tell more people in the last few months than in my entire life' - Man denied Public Services Card because he's adopted
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Nov 6th 2017, 12:05 AM
International Agreement
35 US-born children adopted by Irish families
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Nov 2nd 2017, 6:45 PM
Across the water
'Sold to the highest bidder' - how Ireland's institutions allowed Americans to adopt Irish children in the 1950s
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Jan 9th 2017, 6:10 AM
Adoption
Burton outraged at letter to TDs claiming children adopted by same-sex couples are more likely to be abused
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Nov 30th 2016, 7:30 PM
hey dad
The lovely moment a teen asks her mam's partner to adopt her is going super viral
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Aug 20th 2016, 2:36 PM
bring me home
This kind air hostess adopted a stray dog that waited outside her hotel for six months
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Aug 11th 2016, 10:00 PM
Gobi
A stray dog followed a runner for half a desert marathon, and now she's getting adopted
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Aug 7th 2016, 9:12 AM
Find my family
Adopted people are desperately trying to seek their natural families - before it's too late
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Jun 25th 2016, 7:40 AM
sob
The lovely moment a girl asked the man who raised her to adopt her is going viral on Facebook
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Mar 10th 2016, 8:12 AM
The Magnificent Seven
Aged 61, actor discovers he was adopted: 'I went from being an only child to the eldest of seven'
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Jan 26th 2016, 6:10 AM
"Meeting my birth father for the first time was really a unique experience."
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Jan 19th 2016, 10:36 AM
adoption stories
'If I was a scientist I'd invent a time machine, and go visit my birth mother'
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Jan 5th 2016, 6:00 AM
Voices
My first daughter was taken from me at 18, but I never gave up hope of meeting her again
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Aug 6th 2015, 5:00 PM
Voices
Should adopted children have the right to contact their natural mother? Not if it endangers vulnerable women
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Jul 31st 2015, 5:00 PM
birth right
'Truly historic' - Adopted children will soon have the right to their birth records
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Jul 28th 2015, 10:30 AM
sibling love
'It's like looking at myself in drag' - adopted brother and sister reunited after 40 years
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Jul 9th 2015, 7:00 PM
DNA
This woman thought she had found her birth mother's family, but it wasn't what it seemed
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Jun 25th 2015, 6:00 AM
Voices
Baby Maria, childcare, and why all we want the 'storybook child'
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Jun 16th 2015, 9:00 PM
Voices
'The marriage referendum proposal could affect future laws relating to children'
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May 19th 2015, 7:30 PM
what you need to know
'Same-sex marriage referendum WON'T change adoption in Ireland'
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May 11th 2015, 10:00 PM
Voices
The Yes campaign excludes those with reservations about same sex marriage
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Apr 18th 2015, 8:00 AM
not just for...
People are still buying rabbits and chicks 'on a whim' at Easter
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Apr 4th 2015, 3:34 PM