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Title: 15,000 illegal adoptions in Ireland, mothers told babies had died
Post by: Suppressed on June 09, 2018, 12:27:05 pm
15,000 illegal adoptions in Ireland, mothers told babies had died
Frances Mulraney  @FrancesMulraney May 31, 2018 04:53 AM
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/illegal-adoptions-ireland (https://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/illegal-adoptions-ireland)

Irish adoption agency records are to be examined to determine the extent of the illegal adoption practice in Ireland.

The Chief Executive of children’s charity Barnardo's has claimed that as many as 15,000 children could have been illegally adopted in Ireland.

“This was a crime against these people and their mothers. Mothers who were told that their babies had died,” Fergus Finlay told RTÉ’s radio show Morning Ireland

The claim came after Irish Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone on Tuesday revealed that the Irish child and family agency  Tusla has confirmed 126 cases of incorrectly registered births.

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Title: Re: 15,000 illegal adoptions in Ireland, mothers told babies had died
Post by: endicom on June 09, 2018, 12:56:47 pm

Done for money? Because the bio parents were deemed unsuited to the raising of children?

Title: Re: 15,000 illegal adoptions in Ireland, mothers told babies had died
Post by: debrawiest on June 09, 2018, 01:01:09 pm
How awful.
Title: Re: 15,000 illegal adoptions in Ireland, mothers told babies had died
Post by: Oceander on June 09, 2018, 01:33:01 pm
Quote from: endicom on June 09, 2018, 12:56:47 pm
Done for money? Because the bio parents were deemed unsuited to the raising of children?



Doesn’t say.