Ireland is to allow thousands of adopted people access to their records for the first time in new legislation proposed by Irish Children’s Minister James Reilly.
Under international law, adopted people have the right to establish
their identity but until now, people adopted in Ireland, including those
sent for adoption in secret or illegally through an Irish Catholic
institution, have had no automatic right to their birth records or access to services that will allow them to trace their family history.
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