Surrogacy laws must safeguard against sale of children, says expert
Payment beyond cost of pregnancy could lead to exploitation, committee told
Roderic O’Gorman apology for illegal birth registrations criticised
Adoption rights groups and politicians call on Taoiseach to issue full State apology
Parents united with baby born through surrogacy thank Ukrainian people
Four babies born to surrogate mothers in Kyiv were evacuated yesterday, IFTS says
Four Irish babies born to surrogate mothers in Kyiv evacuated from Ukraine
Infants united with Irish parents after medics brought them to Ukraine’s western border
Military aircraft assisting operation to bring surrogate babies born in Ukraine to Ireland
Source says ‘a number of civilians’, believed to be parents of the newborns, on plane
Four Irish babies born to Ukrainian surrogates in Kyiv hospital – Tánaiste
‘All options’ are being explored to find ways to evacuate the newborns, FG Senator says
State officials remain in contact with 94 Irish citizens in Ukraine
Helen McEntee defends timing of Government’s visa waiver for Ukrainian citizens
Irish couples awaiting surrogacy births in Ukraine face ‘daily horror’
Surrogacy support group leads vigil outside Ukrainian embassy against Russian invasion
Requests for financial supports for Irish couples with surrogate babies in Ukraine
Parents unable to travel due to security situation paying nannies in interim period
State speeds up repatriation process for Irish surrogate babies from Ukraine
Department fast-tracks paperwork for return of newborns amid security crisis
Travel documents for Irish surrogacy babies in Ukraine to be fast-tracked
Government looking at ways to help Irish couples bring home babies more quickly
Coalition not to oppose Bill seeking to remove ‘child pornography’ term from legislation
Minister warns there are ‘significant legal and technical issues that do need to be addressed’
Garda hopeful of arrest after man dies while trying to prevent car theft
Dublin-based car thief identified as chief suspect following death of businessman
Sinn Féin accounts for bulk of reported political party donations in 2020
Party discloses €70,668 out of €152,000 for all parties to public standards body
FG report calls for major rethink to country’s childcare sector
Among solutions proposed are measures designed to ease financial burden
Taoiseach: Garda vetting should be looked at for agencies, volunteers in homeless services
Social Democrats raise concerns in wake of allegations against founder of charity
Senator rails against ‘vexatious claims’ to WRC
Some employers before commission so often they should have ‘bunk beds in the corner’
Non-disclosure agreements: ‘People are actually terrified to speak out against them’
Minister for Equality to commission research into an issue about which little is known
Senator speaks of personal experience of IVF treatment, miscarriage and surrogacy
Government commits to paid leave for bereavement, reproductive health treatment
Cyberattackers are new ‘mafiosa’ and must be treated like ‘bank robbers, drug cartels’
Data must be considered like ‘gold’ as 30 per cent of EU’s information stored in Ireland
RTÉ must stop showing lotto draw during children’s movies, Seanad told
Minister acknowledges lack of gambling controls make Ireland a ‘wild west’
McDowell fears amended law on identifying deceased children ‘unintelligible’
Minister insists Bill is clear and flexible and will allow parents to remember children in public
Government has no plans to create new employment status for gig workers
UK ruling has extended additional rights to casual workers such as Deliveroo riders
Not possible to salvage recordings of mother and baby home survivors, Minister says
Roderic O’Gorman says commission of investigation told him ‘ tapes are not retrievable’
ESRI officer defends comments on housing scheme amid Government pushback
Conor O’Toole faces questioning by housing committee over shared-equity plan concerns
‘Severe overestimation’ of Leaving Cert calculated grades by some schools - official
Estimated grades saw 13.8% awarded H1s by teachers compared to 4.7% in previous years
Fine Gael Senator is threatened with violence on social media following canvassing post
Mary Seery Kearney was ‘physically sick’ after reading physical and sexual threats online
‘Huge insult’ not to be told about Seanad snub, says Marshall
Former senator claims entire unionist community feels let down by lack of representation
Seanad nominees welcomed by National Women’s Council
Campaigners highlight ‘missed opportunity’ to nominate woman of colour as senator
Rural Ireland ‘has nothing to fear’ from the Greens, FG councillors are told
Varadkar seeks to assuage concerns in Fine Gael over government with Eamon Ryan’s party
FG’s Mary Seery Kearney added to ticket to contest Seanad election
Sinn Féin candidate Cllr Paul Hayes excluded from Agricultural panel for lack of expertise
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