Dentist awaits gender verdict

The High Court has reserved judgment on an application by an unemployed Co Kildare dentist to have the gender on her birth certificate…

The High Court has reserved judgment on an application by an unemployed Co Kildare dentist to have the gender on her birth certificate changed from male to female.

The case taken by Dr Lydia Annice Foy (54), of Athy, Co Kildare, is the first of its kind before the Irish courts.

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