Independent.ie – By Dearbhail McDonald and Tim Healy
The Government may be forced to repeal parts of Ireland’s birth registration laws following a landmark legal challenge by a dentist who underwent a sex change to become a woman.
Dr Lydia Foy yesterday became the first recipient of a declaration of incompatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
If the Government does not challenge the declaration, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will have to go before the Dail and Seanad to outline how the State will change the country’s birth registration regime to make it compatible with the Convention.