Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Offences

Constitutional rights (surrogacy/parental recognition)

Where

Co. Kilkenny

Reporting

2 reports, 11 Oct 2022 to 13 Oct 2022

Outlets

irishtimes.com, rte.ie

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• Egan couple on trial in High Court over surrogacy parental recognition Constitutional rights (surrogacy/parental recognition) · Co. Kilkenny

  Kathy and Brian Egan, a couple from Kilkenny, brought judicial review proceedings in the High Court seeking legal recognition of Kathy as the genetic mother of their son, born in 2019 to a surrogate in Ukraine after repeated miscarriages and failed fertility treatments. Brian Egan was diagnosed with an aggressive type of cancer shortly before the boy's second birthday, making the recognition urgent. The couple argue the State's failure to provide a mechanism for retrospective declaration of parentage amounts to discrimination and a breach of constitutional and ECHR Article 8 rights. The case is before Mr Justice John Jordan and is expected to run for a number of days.

  In court, 11 Oct 2022Victim · 2 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 13 Oct2022
   In courtirishtimes.com, in Egan couple on trial in High Court over surrogacy parental recognition

   Decision in surrogacy case could have ‘unintended consequences’, court told

   victim, Brian Egan, male, irish (judged from name)Brian Egan♂IE
2. 11 Oct2022
   In courtrte.ie, in Egan couple on trial in High Court over surrogacy parental recognition

   Recognition of surrogate child's genetic mother urgent

   victim, Brian Egan, male, irish (judged from name)Brian Egan♂IE

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