Stratford Schools Parents Associations held a Coffee Morning and Presentation at 8.30am on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 in the schools hall. The presentation was about ‘A personal experience of inter-country adoption’ by Cormac Murphy.
Stratford Schools Parents Associations held a Coffee Morning and Presentation at 8.30am on Wednesday 25 April, 2012 in the schools hall. The presentation was about ‘A personal experience of inter-country adoption’ by Cormac Murphy. You can view the presentation as a PDF file.
Cormac has adopted two children over the last 8 years and will talk about the experience both from a legal and humanitarian perspective. You probably know someone who has adopted from outside of Ireland and are curious as to what is involved. Maybe even someone in your own family is an adoptive parent but there are questions you have not asked? Perhaps inter-country adoption is something you are considering? (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of image.)
[Photo: Ms. O'Kelly]
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