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Review based on small sample suggests up to 20,000 suspicious cases may be in archives

An independent review into adoption societies has found no additional confirmed cases of illegal birth registrations.

Last week, the Sisters of Charity – which ran St Patrick’s Guild – said it was “deeply saddened” by disclosures in the RTÉ Investigates programme on illegal adoptions. The religious order called for “a full and comprehensive Government inquiry into adoption practices in the State since 1922”. A statement added: “St Patrick’s Guild clearly played a role in what happened over many decades. We deeply regret the hurt and harm caused and hope that a full review will give the answers that are clearly needed.” Mr O’Gorman is separately expe...

A government review into illegal adoptions has advised against a full-scale inquiry into the issue. The review said it was unlikely concrete proof that

In a statement, Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman said he had asked the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, Dr Conor O'Mahony, to examine issues arising from the review report and to propose next steps on illegal birth registrations. Tusla had been able to identify incorrect registrations – in many cases where the adoptive parents were registered as biological parents – in St Patrick’s Guild’s records because, unusually, there was a marker specifying “adopted from birth”. on the records. However, unique markers similar to this were not discovered in the records sampled ...