Ms Sharon O'Shea:

Including as recently as last night, we speak about this from time to time. I have no genetic link to Lucy. She is my niece. It broke my heart to put my name on that piece of paper. I do not think my name should be there at all. If it could be amended, oh my God, that would be unreal. It would be the icing on the cake to have Marie's name on that piece of paper. We are a small community in Donegal and were very open about the story from day one. Everyone knew what was happening, from our family to our neighbours to everyone, and has backed us 100%. It is eight years on and the legal side is still slow. We need to get it changed. Down the line, if Lucy had to get a mortgage for a house, she would need her birth certificate. It does not need to be so complicated. Paperwork could be put in place to tell Lucy's story and that I was her surrogate, but on the birth certificate it should be Marie and John McPhelimy as mammy and daddy, that is, parents.