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Tue 06 Jun 2007Rate of foreign adoptions in Ireland one of Europe's highestIreland has one of the highest rates of foreign adoptions in Europe with up to 500 foreign adoptions a year, compared with just 250 in much larger countries such as the UK, new research has found. Carl O'Brien, Social Affairs Correspondent reportsA two-year study by the Children's Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin - commissioned by the Adoption Board - found the rate of inter-country adoption is now 10 times that of domestic adoption, which on average involves about 50 children a year.