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Ireland

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Ireland
IE
Ireland

Subdivisions

Province

Adoption imports

 
Haiti  
Caribbean  
El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Mexico  
Central America  
Kazakhstan  
Uzbekistan  
Central Asia  
Ethiopia  
Kenya  
Malawi  
Eastern Africa  
China  
Taiwan  
Eastern Asia  
Belarus  
Bulgaria  
Moldova  
Poland  
Romania  
Russian Federation  
Ukraine  
Eastern Europe  
Libya  
Northern Africa  
United States of America  
Northern America  
Lithuania  
United Kingdom  
Northern Europe  
Brazil  
Colombia  
Paraguay  
Peru  
South America  
Cambodia  
Philippines  
Thailand  
Vietnam  
Southeastern Asia  
South Africa  
Southern Africa  
India  
Southern Asia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Southern Europe  
Oman  
Western Asia  
Total
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
total
1
1
1
1
1
1
11
14
18
11
17
13
10
10
104
2
1
1
3
3
9
4
8
22
16
10
3
1
5
11
1
100
13
15
19
14
20
22
14
18
22
16
10
3
1
1
5
11
1
205
23
19
23
17
9
16
15
6
4
7
1
4
144
1
1
2
23
19
23
17
9
16
15
7
4
8
1
4
146
4
2
7
16
13
14
17
26
21
75
42
32
26
295
1
1
1
1
4
1
2
7
17
13
14
17
26
21
75
42
32
26
297
16
16
51
56
60
52
33
31
19
10
9
6
1
3
15
7
10
6
3
404
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
17
16
19
52
57
61
53
34
32
19
12
10
7
4
4
15
7
10
6
3
421
5
11
27
39
56
2
1
141
2
1
1
1
4
8
4
8
1
30
1
1
1
1
1
3
69
48
13
8
2
1
1
142
65
45
107
139
189
131
143
160
117
100
80
124
49
17
4
2
2
1474
2
12
14
12
27
11
8
9
2
2
99
143
105
160
200
259
160
155
169
127
102
82
124
49
18
8
10
7
8
1
2
1
1890
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
5
4
4
7
7
19
7
4
6
12
9
4
4
6
3
106
1
2
2
5
4
4
7
7
19
7
4
6
12
9
4
4
6
3
106
1
1
2
2
5
1
8
2
6
1
1
10
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
8
2
2
1
1
2
3
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
13
3
1
4
3
1
2
2
2
6
6
1
23
9
5
15
16
8
2
6
9
11
6
2
2
5
6
1
4
2
3
4
1
117
9
10
81
39
16
92
68
130
182
136
10
4
31
21
22
27
8
15
6
907
21
15
97
57
26
96
80
145
193
142
15
1
2
5
10
33
25
24
27
11
19
7
1051
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
4
3
3
3
10
10
3
1
1
1
45
3
1
2
4
3
3
3
10
10
3
1
1
1
45
1
1
1
1
69
48
13
8
2
1
1
142
69
48
13
8
2
1
1
142
292
225
368
366
400
366
318
396
398
307
200
188
117
72
32
82
53
53
39
18
29
11
4330

Abuse cases

Title Date
Jennifer Kelly 2019

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
Mexico - Carlos Lopez case 2012 Jan 14
Vietnam - My Linh Soland aka My-Linh Duong Soland case 2006 Jul 11

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Tristan Dowse (Erwin Reynaldi) 2003 Jan 1

Wrongful removal cases

Title Date
Emily Burgess 2008 Mar 3

Documents

Title Publication date
Irish babies adopted in US faced ‘lottery’ of heartache 2014 Sep 18
Mass grave of up to 800 dead babies exposed in County Galway 2014 May 26
Details of deaths of children known to HSE services revealed 2013 Nov 15
HSE chiefs 'failed to fully investigate child sexual abuse claims' 2013 Nov 15
Minister's adoption remarks 'worrying' 2013 Sep 5
Thousands of Irish women may sue over illegal adoptions to America and elsewhere 2013 Jun 2
Woman claims her baby was adopted without her consent 2013 May 31
Notice: U.S. – Ireland Operating Arrangement for Outgoing Adoptions of U.S. Children by Irish Prospective Adoptive Parents 2013 May 3
Calls for probe into forced adoptions 2013 Mar 23
Ireland sent girls, women to Catholic workhouses until 1996, report finds 2013 Feb 5
Changed landscape of overseas adoptions 2012 Sep 11
Babies in Trafficking Case Returned to Mothers 2012 Jun 5
'Priest snatched my baby but I never stopped searching' 2012 Mar 29
Fitzgerald challenged on adoptions 2012 Jan 27
Child Trafficking Bust in Mexico 2012 Jan 15
Some children in foster care still at risk, says authority 2011 Jul 26
WikiLeaks: Foster Care Children in Ireland Used as Sex Slaves 2011 Jun 15
Foster care deficiencies highlighted 2011 Jun 10
The Legacy of Church-run Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland 2010 Jul 21
Children fostered to unapproved families 2010 May 15
Bruce Arnold: Church and State colluded in this abuse-ridden society 2010 Mar 6
State decision suspends adoptions from Vietnam 2010 Jan 15
Government criticised over Adoption Bill 2009 Dec 3
Vietnam to reopen for Irish adoptions 2009 Oct 12
Spotlight on catalogue of cruelty 2009 Oct 6
Adoption body chief offers to help process Vietnamese cases 2009 Sep 24
Vietnamese adoptions face scrutiny 2009 Sep 21
No redress for residents Magdalen laundries 2009 Sep 18
Children's groups hail protection plan 2009 Jul 29
Funds to be cut from bodies that fail to report child abuse 2009 Jul 28
Adoption waiting lists to be cut with revamped system 2009 Jul 27
Paedophile ring 'abused children in State homes' 2009 May 31
Social workers miss intercountry adoption applications targets 2009 May 24
The cost of reshaping adoption 2009 May 23
Catholic Church turned a blind eye as thousands of children were sexually abused by priests in Ireland, says official report 2009 May 20
Child abuse victims seek justice 2009 May 20
Ireland abuse inquiry report due 2009 May 17
Talks begin on new deal with Vietnam over adoption laws 2009 May 17
Government set to accelerate its foreign adoption process 2009 May 10
Andrews defends HSE as Russia halts adoptions 2009 May 8
Government urged to ‘come clean’ about break down of inter-country adoption links 2009 May 7
Talks on new Vietnam adoption deal begin 2009 Apr 18
Vietnamese adoptions thrown into doubt 2009 Apr 7
'Excessive secrecy' over deaths of children in care 2009 Mar 9
Vietnamese adoptions thrown into doubt 2009 Mar 7
Irish bishop in child sex abuse row steps aside 2009 Mar 7
The curious case of Tristan Dowse 2009 Feb 8
Update on Intercountry Adoption Arrangements between Ireland and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 2009 Feb 1
New rules will make it harder for couples to adopt 2009 Jan 24
Government adopts inter-country adoption standards 2009 Jan 23
Law may limit adoption countries 2009 Jan 7
Couples turn to Russia and Vietnam for child adoption 2009 Jan 6
People will be shocked by sex abuse report, says archbishop 2009 Jan 5
19 children in State care forced to go abroad 2009 Jan 3
Adoption of 200 children from Vietnam now in doubt 2008 Nov 27
A MIXTURE OF CARING AND CORRUPTION 2008 Nov 16
Behind the Chernobyl children's travel ban 2008 Sep 13
Law reform report - Aspects of Intercountry Adoption 2008 Apr 1
Watchdog warns on legality of migrant adoptions 2008 Feb 19
4,500 adopted into Ireland since 1991 2008 Feb 1
Ireland - Philipines Adoption Info Pack 2008 Jan 1
Tracing — a Guide for Illegal or 'De Facto' Adoptions 2008 Jan 1
Report finds three decades of abuse at Christian Brothers facility 2007 Dec 11
Ethiopian adoptees may never be granted citizenship 2007 Nov 2
HELPING HANDS MEDIATION AGENCY UPDATE 2007 Apr 2
Press release Law Reform 2007 Mar 27
Silence greets exposure of corrupt adoption practices 2006 Jul 29
Vietnamese adoptions under way 'not illegal' 2006 Jul 28
New fears over Vietnam adoptions 2006 Jul 24
Adoption chief used Vietnam fraudster as a tour guide 2006 Jul 11
We Irish play an essential role in illegal trafficking in babies 2006 Jul 10
'Evil' adoption scandal 2006 Jul 8
Irish agency severs ties with Soland 2006 Jul 8
'We nicknamed her DR EVIL but no-one dared challenge her because we were afraid we would not get our babies' 2006 Jul 8
'Evil' adoption scandal 2006 Jul 8
Adoption chief used Vietnam fraudster as a tour guide 2006 Jul 6
Babies adopted through fraudster 'won't be returned' 2006 Jun 22
Foreign adoptions: latest form of human traffic? 2006 Jun 20
Vietnamese adoption agent was jailed in US for fraud 2006 Jun 20
Chief of adoption agency urged to quit post 2006 Jun 7
Christian Brothers dispute abuse evidence 2006 May 22
Ahern welcomes court ruling on Tristan 2006 Feb 23
Law Reform Commission News Release - Tristan 2006 Feb 18
Multicultural Ireland - Adoption 2006 Jan 1
I was tricked into giving Tristan away but now I want him back in 2005 Sep 4
Irish Tristan team fails to get answers 2005 May 22
Tristan 2005 May 1
Tristan's mother was not allowed to breast feed him in case she 2005 Apr 25
Indonesia: Adoptivkind nach zwei Jahren zurückgegeben 2005 Apr 18
No danger signs: boss of twins' adoption: Social Worker breaks silence 2005 Jan 15
Romania: Tragic twins 'were not orphans' 2004 Mar 23
'No concerns' over twin's home 2004 Feb 27
Abuse survivors attack 'whitewash' 2004 Feb 4
Brothers' move flies in face of public contrition 2003 Oct 28
The Magdalene Laundry 2003 Aug 3
Minister Lenihan announces a bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam 2003 Jul 16
Romania: SECRET REPORT ACCUSES KID CHARITY OF FRAUD 2003 Mar 16
Adoption Legislation: consultation and proposal for change 2003 Jan 1
Magdalena Sisters: CASH FOR BABIES SCANDAL 2002 Apr 14
Foreign adoptions and the evolution of Irish adoption policy, 1945-52. 2002 Jan 1
Sex abuse victim to sue Christian Brothers 2001 Dec 3
SHE IS OUR GIRL TOO; Romanian foster parents of tug-of-love Mihaela tracked down by The Irish Mirror.(News 2001 Aug 29
Mihaela is 'home where she belongs' 2001 Aug 28
Romania: ‘Mama’ can plan future for Mihaela 2001 Jan 8
ACTING AS GOOD CITIZEN MAKES MAN DISCOVER HE ISN'T ONE AFTER ALL 2000 Sep 25
Ryan Report: Executive Summary 2000 May 9
Adoption scandal man is Dáil candidate 1999 Oct 23
IRISH ADOPTIONS 1998 May 9
Cooperation Agreement Ireland - Romania 1998 Feb 19
Banished Babies: The Secret History of Ireland's Baby Export Business 1996 Jan 1
The Catholic church sold my child 1952 Jul 5
Christian Brothers step away from Irish schools
Allegations of child abuse in foster care