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Applications open for access to birth information from today

People seeking information about their birth, early life, medical information or who want to trace their origins will be able to do so from today (Monday). A statutory tracing service will enable those who wish to make contact with birth relatives ...

03 Oct 2022 at 12:34

National News

More than 16,000 seek to make contact under new Birth Information and Tracing Act

A total of 16,634 adopted persons, birth parents, and other relatives have now registered with the Adoption Authority of Ireland to state their preferences about making contact with birth relatives. Latest figures show that 2,174 people have ...

22 Sept 2022 at 11:48

National News

All Irish homes to receive booklet detailing 'historic' new birth information law

A booklet detailing a new law on birth information and tracing will be sent to every household in Ireland. According to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, who welcomed the launch today ...

26 Jul 2022 at 12:32

National News

Almost 900 people apply to adoption Contact Preference Register

A total of 891 adopted persons and relatives applied to the new Contact Preference Register last month following the commencement of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. The landmark legislation, which was enacted on July 1, ...

04 Aug 2022 at 12:05

National News

Bill to help adoptees find birth parents must include right to privacy - O'Gorman

The Minister for Children has insisted a right to privacy must be included in a new Bill to help those who are adopted to find their birth parents. Roderic O’Gorman made the comments as amendments to the Birth Information and ...

09 Mar 2022 at 10:24

National News

Ireland could be about to enter a post-pandemic baby boom

Birth rates increased in Ireland last year, possibly indicating an impending baby boom in the country. Latest HSE figures show there were 59,874 babies born in hospitals and maternity units last year, up 3,000 from 2020. ...

05 Apr 2022 at 12:41

National News

Minister for Children signs order making birth information accessible from October

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has signed an order making birth information and tracing services accessible from October 3. Minister Roderic O'Gorman today (September 12) signed ...

12 Sept 2022 at 11:53

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Adoptees and parents in Ireland urged to register contact preferences

The Adoption Authority of Ireland has welcomed the commencement of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 and invites adopted persons, parents, and others affected by the Act to register their preferences in ...

01 Jul 2022 at 12:13

Local News

Study tracking lives of Irish babies will 'greatly benefit policy making' - O'Gorman

A new Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) birth cohort has been approved by the Irish government. The lives of a new generation of Irish children - babies yet to be born who will be nine months old in 2024 - will be ...

30 Jun 2022 at 12:49

Health

Limerick maternity hospital sees major drop in ‘emergency blessings’

MEDICAL experts have argued that maternity hospitals should collate a list of non-Catholic and non-Christian pastoral personnel who can carry out emergency baptisms, following a study showing the practice’s ...

11 Sept 2018 at 06:02

National News

OPINION: Ireland's birth rates are dropping and I think I know why

Picture this: endless travelling, weekends spent sleeping in, a budget that is free from the cost of nappies, and entirely your own. In other words: freedom! For more and more people today, myself included,...

01 Nov 2024 at 12:55

National News

Glenties had lowest birth rate while Tallaght experienced highest in 2022

Glenties in Co Donegal had the lowest birth rate in 2022, while Tallaght in Dublin experienced the highest birth rate during the same period, new figures show. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) released ...

05 Aug 2025 at 13:15

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