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"We fought to have our kids and then to be unprotected by your Govt is just a kick in the face..."

Two Irish women have become one of the first same-sex couples in Ireland to be recognised as parents of their children, after a five year campaign

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15.37 22 Oct 2021


"We fought to have our kids and then to be unprotected by your Govt is just a kick in the face..."


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15.37 22 Oct 2021


Two Irish women have become one of the first same-sex couples in Ireland to be recognised as parents of their children, after a five year campaign. Activist and CEO of Equality for Children, Ranae Von Meding appeared on Wednesday in a Dublin court where her wife Audrey Rooney was recognised as a parent to their two daughters. Andrea chats to Ranae.

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