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# ADOPTION RIGHTS

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# false registrations
Varadkar says there'll be 'difficult conversations' as some Irish people find out they were adopted
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said, “This really needs to be dealt with with the ultimate sensitivity in the period ahead.”
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May 30th 2018, 11:30 AM
# ADOPTION RIGHTS
'My son died believing I had rejected him': Philomena Lee calls on Senators to support Adoption Bill
The Seanad is set to debate a Bill on the rights of adopted people this week.
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Nov 17th 2014, 9:27 AM
# a first mother's story
'There's a nurse leaving the room with my baby... I said to my sister “where’s she gone?”....'
After her first harrowing ordeal, Kathy McMahon was determined to keep her child the SECOND TIME she was sent to a mother-and-baby home…
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Jun 29th 2014, 7:50 PM
# Averil Power
State 'robbing adoptees of their identities' by denying access to birth certs
Fianna Fáil senator Averil Power, who was adopted from a mother-and-baby home, has called for access rights to be given,
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Jun 15th 2014, 4:39 PM
# Adoption
'A truly remarkable woman': Philomena a 'catalyst' for increase in adoption queries
Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said she would welcome a meeting with the campaigner Philomena Lee.
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Feb 12th 2014, 11:11 AM
Voices
Column: ‘I want the best for children, which is why I am voting No’
Pat Kavanagh says she has serious questions about the new Child and Family Support Agency.
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