A same-sex couple say Ireland’s donor conception laws leave their one-year-old son missing legal protections.

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill announced updated access criteria for state-funded assisted human reproduction treatment.

The model and TV personality, 46, was told she was ‘moving towards the menopause’ in a new Channel 4 documentary.

The couple claim they have suffered a loss of chance and an opportunity to extend their family

The research found a large cohort of younger people are not aware they should seek medical help if they have trouble conceiving for more than a year