# surrogacy - Thursday 28 April, 2022
# Surrogacy Committee
# Surrogacy Committee
Senator Sharon Koeghan said ‘as long as children are loved and cared for and feel secure in life, that’s all that matters’.
# surrogacy - Wednesday 27 April, 2022
# I'm Out
# I'm Out
Keogan has hit the headlines in the past week after she was asked to leave a separate committee’s meeting.
# surrogacy - Friday 22 April, 2022
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
Sharon Keogan says a comment she made to representative for Irish Gay Dads was “misinterpreted”.
# surrogacy - Thursday 21 April, 2022
# Sharon Keogan
# Sharon Keogan
Committee chair Kathleen Funchion TD was forced to suspend the meeting after comments from Independent Senator Sharon Keogan.
# surrogacy - Thursday 14 April, 2022
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
The boy has UK citizenship, and it is his fathers’ wish that he get an Irish passport.
# surrogacy - Friday 4 March, 2022
# Refuge
# Refuge
Parents of a newborn evacuated from Ukraine say that “Baby Tilly can’t wait to meet her big brother Tadhg at home in Ireland”.
# surrogacy - Thursday 3 March, 2022
# Kyiv
# Kyiv
It is understood that the newborns are all safe and well.
# surrogacy - Monday 28 February, 2022
# IVF
# IVF
An Assisted Human Reproduction watchdog is to be set up under the new bill.
# surrogacy - Sunday 20 February, 2022
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
Currently, the Department of Foreign Affairs are advising people not to travel to Ukraine.
# surrogacy - Tuesday 15 February, 2022
# Families
# Families
The Department of Foreign Affairs is working with parents whose babies are due to be born soon in Ukraine, where tensions with Russia are high.
# surrogacy - Thursday 27 January, 2022
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
Senator Mary Seery-Kearney said she has been in discussions with Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney about the issues.
# surrogacy - Friday 21 January, 2022
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
The committee is expected to report with recommendations within three months of its establishment.
# surrogacy - Sunday 11 July, 2021
# Parent Rights
# Parent Rights
Advocates warn of ongoing impact to families if international and retrospective surrogacy not addressed soon.
# surrogacy - Friday 16 April, 2021
# High Court
# High Court
The regulations could be in place by the end of the day, the High Court was told by lawyers for the State.
# surrogacy - Monday 7 September, 2020
# High Court
# High Court
In 2017 an application was made to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the boy’s behalf for an Irish passport.
# surrogacy - Tuesday 14 July, 2020
# Parent Rights
# Parent Rights
It has been 15 years since the State was told to legally protect the rights of families using ‘non-traditional’ conception methods.
# surrogacy - Monday 4 March, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Surrogacy still isn’t regulated in Ireland. New rules are on the way but they won’t solve the problem of recognition for couples who previously entered surrogacy arrangements abroad, writes Brian Tobin.
# surrogacy - Tuesday 26 June, 2018
# Cabinet
# Cabinet
The move comes from government after years of campaigning for same-sex couples and LGBT advocates.
# surrogacy - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
The draconian surrogacy proposals contained in the General Scheme of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill should be substantially revised before being placed on the statute book, writes Dr Brian Tobin.
# surrogacy - Thursday 12 April, 2018
# Embryos
# Embryos
“He’s always smiling,” the baby’s grandmother said.
# surrogacy - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
# Sole Parent
# Sole Parent
Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, became the centre of a surrogacy scandal in 2014.
# surrogacy - Friday 27 October, 2017
# Assisted Reproduction
# Assisted Reproduction
It seems like Irish policy-makers are in fact trying to discourage domestic surrogacy, writes Dr Brian Tobin.
# surrogacy - Saturday 9 September, 2017
# Motherhood
# Motherhood
Gestational surrogacy was legalised in Portugal in 2016.
# surrogacy - Monday 29 May, 2017
# Equality
# Equality
The State has a duty to protect all married couples, including same-sex couples, writes Dr Brian Tobin.
# surrogacy - Sunday 25 September, 2016
# Business Of Being Born
# Business Of Being Born
Authorities are planning to ban commercial surrogacy in the country over exploitation concerns.
# surrogacy - Tuesday 29 March, 2016
# Fundraising Appeal
# Fundraising Appeal
Friends of a gay couple have appealed for funds to help bring their newborn babies home.
# surrogacy - Thursday 25 February, 2016
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
The birth photo shows Toronto couple BJ Barone and Frankie Nelson embracing their son.
# surrogacy - Wednesday 27 January, 2016
# France
# France
Surrogacy – even if altruistic – has been banned in France since 1994.
# surrogacy - Thursday 7 January, 2016
# Texas
# Texas
53-year-old Tracey Thompson gave birth to a healthy baby girl yesterday, seven years after going through menopause.
# surrogacy - Friday 24 July, 2015
# Thailand
# Thailand
“Our family are missing very important months of both our children’s lives.”
# surrogacy - Wednesday 8 July, 2015
# Not Fair
# Not Fair
The woman who brought the case was refused benefits as she did not meet the requirement of having been pregnant.
# surrogacy - Thursday 21 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Both surrogacy and donor-conception require more, not less, ethical discussion before the Government’s plans in this area become formalised in law.
# surrogacy - Tuesday 19 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Solicitor Eileen King writes about why a group of lawyers are advocating a No vote this Friday.
# surrogacy - Sunday 17 May, 2015
# Explainer
# Explainer
The referendum on marriage equality is only a few days away. However, other issues have been entering the debate.
# surrogacy - Friday 15 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
The ethical issues surrounding surrogacy and donor conception arise both straight and gay couples.
# surrogacy - Thursday 14 May, 2015
# Marriage Ref
# Marriage Ref
The Taoiseach said 40,000 people who have never registered before have signed up to vote.
# surrogacy - Monday 16 March, 2015
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
One of the designers called IVF children ‘”synthetic”.
# surrogacy - Thursday 26 February, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
It is legal in some states in the US.
# surrogacy - Wednesday 25 February, 2015
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
Leo Varadkar has published new proposals to legislate in the area of surrogacy for the first time.
# New Icu
# New Icu
‘There’ll be trouble … his grandparents didn’t even get to hold him yet!’