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# access to records

Last year

2022

Opinion: 'I still don’t know why my name is Claire McGettrick and not Caitríona Palmer'

Adoption Rights campaigner Claire McGettrick says her ‘heart sank’ when she received the PDF of her records.

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Nov 4th 2022, 7:00 AM

Almost 900 people sign up to adoption tracing system - 32 have 'no contact' preference

A total of 891 adopted people and relatives applied to the new register in July.

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Aug 4th 2022, 10:17 AM