Source: http://www.independent.ie Foreign adoptions on the rise again, says report Eilish O’Regan Twitter 28/08/2015 The number of Irish who are successfully adopting a child from a foreign country is on the rise again, according to the annual report of the Adoption Authority. The updated adoption legislation of 2010 led to a slow-down in foreign adoptions as… Weiter »

Source: http://www.independent.ie Eilish O’Regan and Tim Healy PUBLISHED 25/04/2015 | 02:30SHARE Hundreds of young people in long-term foster care will be eligible for adoption in the wake of the Supreme Court’s refusal to order a re-running of the 2012 children’s referendum. Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, Geoffrey Shannon, said the draft heads of the legislation covering… Weiter »

Source: http://www.irishexaminer.com Monday, April 13, 2015 By Conall Ó Fátharta Irish Examiner Reporter Calls for an audit of all the files held by accredited adoption agencies and by the State, so that the full scale of illegal adoptions and birth registrations can be uncovered, have always fallen on deaf ears, writes Conall Ó Fátharta You really… Weiter »

Date: 2014-07-17 Source: http://www.irishcentral.com Kate Hickey @KateHickey_ July 17,2014 01:14 AM The Irish government has confirmed that the remains of almost 500 “unclaimed” infants were used for medical examinations and nearly 2,000 were put up for adoption in the United States. A document released by the government also shows that the remains of 474 babies were sent… Weiter »

Source: http://www.irishtimes.com Records of placements show children being sent to US, Britain and Germany Thu, Jul 17, 2014, 01:01 More than 6,000 adoptions were recorded as having taken place in six mother and baby homes in the 23 years between 1950 and 1973, contemporaneous records show. The children went to a range of destinations including the… Weiter »

Source: http://www.irishexaminer.com Monday, July 07, 2014 By Claire O’Sullivan and Conall Ó Fátharta Thousands of Irish people „must have been“ illegally adopted, with many taken out of the country, the Adoption Authority (AAI) has admitted. The controversial claims clash with statements from the then children’s minister and now justice minister, Frances Fitzgerald, who told the Dáil… Weiter »

Source: http://www.irishtimes.com Private operators charging up to €13,000 per week for beds for children Tue, Apr 22, 2014, 01:00 Taxpayers paid €20 million a year for empty beds in children’s residential centres aimed at providing care for vulnerable young people in State care, according to an internal report. In all, about 500 children at risk reside… Weiter »