Same-sex adoption rate lowest in UK
   adoption processes can take several years to be completed, meaning some
   Civil partners Mark Nesbitt and Ciaran Connolly began the adoption
   EJ Havlin, the Northern Ireland Director of Adoption UK, said the way
   the law changed in Northern Ireland may have also delayed some adoption
   The ban on same-sex adoption was overturned in the courts following a
   Ireland, said while adoption applications can take a long time to be
   "When it comes to people looking at adoption and there are families
   having a child freed for adoption is quite a long process."
     * Adoption