News
The bottom line is that eight out of ten suicides are males- Irish Independent 22nd August 2010
Thousands of men seek help after abuse by their wives Sept 4 2010
MORE THAN 3,600 contacts were made to Amen, the support organisation for male victims of domestic abuse, last year.
Law not only failing fathers, it's failing their children too - Irish independent 26th August 2010
In some cases, custody arrangements are not honoured by mothers and it's
difficult and expensive to make women abide by what the courts
stipulate.
Father jailed for Refusing split is freed after a year - Irish Mail on Sunday August 15th 2010
excerpts from ombudsman for children report April 2010
Re: Implementation of the children first national guidelines by the HSE
Issue of anonymity in rape cases poses problems all round - Irish Times Thursday, June 24, 2010
Child protection cleric told priest of allegations - Irish Times on Saturday, June 26, 2010
“Safeguarding Children also states that
the accused person must be given enough detail about the allegation to
be able to offer a response.”
Call for guidelines change on safeguarding children - Irish Times Monday, June 28, 2010
Breaking up for the summer holidays - Irish Times Tuesday, June 29, 2010
My son really doesn't want to see his dad - Irish Times Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Solicitor lodges objection to Taxing Master's major reduction in costs - Irish Times Saturday, July 3, 2010
Barristers will not appeal fees cut by Taxing Master - Irish is Friday, July 2, 2010
Taxing Master cuts 'grossly excessive' legal bill by 82% - Irish Times Thursday, July 1, 2010
Legal fees in injury case 'revolting' in extreme - Irish Times Thursday, July 1, 2010
Ombudsman accuses HSE of having a culture of secrecy and legalism - Irish Times Friday, July 2, 2010
During one investigation her
office was led on an “Alice in Wonderland trip” around the legal system
as the HSE tried to prevent a report being published,
Retired teacher rejects sex claims - Irish Times July 2, 2010
Church must hire professionals to investigate abuse - Irish Times Saturday, July 3, 2010
These principles
include the right to be fully informed of allegations against you, to
put your side of the story.
When media is stifled, to whom can citizens turn? - Irish Times Friday, August 20, 2010
“I have previously said in public that, viewed from
this perspective, our present system is indefensible. I do not shrink
from repeating that.”
Unmarried fathers - Irish Times September 10, 2009
Unmarried fathers just want equality - Irish Times Friday, September 11, 2009
Changes in unmarried fathers' rights mooted - Irish Times Thursday, September 10, 2009
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Unmarried fathers in Germany promised greater custody rights - Irish Times the Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Currently, unmarried German fathers can only obtain joint custody of their child if the mother agrees.
HSE pays €2.4m legal fees in childcare cases - Irish Times Thursday, July 29, 2010
HSE move to cut childcare cases not signed off on, says Barnardos chief - Irish Times Friday, July 30, 2010
“The best outcomes are always agreed. When a lawyer appears, all that disappears, it’s all about winning or losing in court.
Media runs for cover at mention of 'family law' - Irish Times Friday, August 6, 2010
This circumstance arises from an extraordinarily
narrow interpretation of the meaning and purpose of the in camera rule,
which requires that proceedings concerning families and children be held
in private.
Court reserves judgment over reporting in McAnaspie case - Irish Times Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The media organisations are
seeking the lifting of the in camera rule.....
Mask slips on pious humbug of child rights - Irish Times on Friday, July 30, 2010
What, for example, about a child who wishes to sue
a social worker for destroying his or her right to a family life?
Hypocrisy over ability to be hypocrites - Irish Times Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The abuse of men by their female partners went
unacknowledged until the 1990s when evidence slowly began to emerge that
women behave badly too. While the Amen organisation has campaigned
vigorously on the issue, other domestic violence organisations have
focused almost entirely on women as victims.
Another generation of vulnerable children being failed by state-
The fact
that Hiqa chose to go beyond the chief executive of the HSE, Brendan
Drumm, and address the executive’s board directly about these concerns
speaks volumes of its confidence in the current structures.
Failures in foster care services- Irish Times Monday, July 19, 2010
FG Labour seek to discuss Ombudsman report -Irish Times Monday, July 19, 2010
“A
striking feature of my experience is the extent to which engagement on
the issues was delegated by the HSE to legal advisers,” she said. “There
were occasion when it appeared that nobody at management level within
the HSE was actually aware of all the developments.
Luke Martin gives cautious welcome - Dundalk Leader 18th August
Law not only failing fathers, it's failing their children too
'IT'S a hamster wheel of misery -- a game of control over me. Why is she allowed to sabotage my attempts to be a loving dad? Why is she able to use my children as a weapon to beat me with?"
That's how one father portrays the war of attrition with his ex as he struggles to maintain a bond with his family.
The bottom line is that eight out of ten suicides are males. Aug 22 2010
Every year we lose to suicide the equivalent of our deployment to Chad. This is not a new development. It has been happening for decades.
When asked if the National Suicide Research Foundation Ireland had looked at being an unmarried father with difficulties over access to a child as a possible issue in suicide among young males, Dr Ella Arnesman said that the foundation had not considered this as a factor.
When media is stifled, to whom can citizens turn? 20th Aug 2010
Use of justice system’s most draconian sanctions against wholly innocent man raises serious questions, writes JOHN WATERS
Is this article by Sinead O'Connor a blatant breach of the In Camera Rule
Minister vows more rights for single dads 13 Aug 2010
Equality Minister Mary White last night promised to help "decent dads" who are being denied access to their children by their former partners.
High Court Judgment re HSE allegations of Sexual Abuse
This recent judgement handed down in the High Court in Ireland is a seminal importance in both exposing the corrupt and unethical practices of discrimination against men by the HSE in investigating allegations of child sex abuse and set out quite clearly the rights of access by a person against whom allegations made to details of the evidence against him in advance of him providing a response.
Equality is just a myth - Dundalk Leader 28th July 2010
Luke Martin calls for meeting with Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern in his constituency of Louth to discuss discrimination against fathers.
Media runs for cover at mention of 'family law'. 6 August 2010 Irish Times
The in camera rule was never intended to shield the legal system from public scrutiny, but that is the result of media’s interpretation of it, writes JOHN WATERS
Unmarried fathers in Germany promised greater custody rights 4 August 2010
THE GERMAN government has promised to strengthen the custody rights of unmarried fathers after the constitutional court ruled that existing provisions violate their basic rights.
Supreme Court refers issue on custody rights of unmarried fathers to EU court for ruling 31 July 2010
THE SUPREME Court has asked the European Court of Justice to decide an important issue concerning the custody rights of unmarried fathers in matters of child removal or abduction.
New laws to protect battered partners- Irish Independent 3rd August 2010
The Secret, unreportable, unrecorded, unnaccountable "In Camera" courts to extend their remit!
Damages award over interim barring order upheld 13 May 2010
THE SUPREME Court has unanimously dismissed the State’s bid to overturn an award of €214,000 in damages to a Dublin man who successfully challenged the constitutionality of laws under which his wife got an interim barring order against him.
TV BBC4 PART 2 OF 4 STORY ON FATHERHOOD TUESDAY 29 JUNE 2010
TV BBC4 continues the series on Fatherhood. Part 2 of 4 is on Tuesday 29 June 2010. The programme starts at 9pm.
Curtain slips on routine dysfunction in the HSE - Irish TImes Thursday June 25th 2010
RTE Prime Time on Unmarried fathers
Prime Time investigates why unmarried Dads still aren't recognised as automatic guardians of their child/ren. Why are father's still legal strangers to their child/ren?
List of Peace Commissioner and contact details June 24th 2010
First set of details for List of Peace Commissioners supplied by the Peace Commissioner Unit, Dept of Justice Equality and Law Reform
New law will target parents who fail to pay maintenance - Sunday Business Post 20th June 2010
The Department of Justice and the Attorney General are currently working on new proposals which will impose tough sanctions on any individual who seeks to avoid paying maintenance.
The Jim Jones Report (re HSE)
The "Jim Jones" report is a case study report which is intended to give an insight into the experience of what could be any Father in Ireland in dealing with the HSE in relation to family systems issues.
Access for father ordered in case of lesbian mother - Irish Times Monday seventh of June 2010
She also referred to the benefit of the child’s having “the society of his father”. She clearly contemplated that this would involve direct meetings, a view shared by a majority of the court.
Media baulks at pursuing fathers rights - Irish Times Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Having said that, I’m not yet 40, but have had enough sobering moments to realise that the Law of Unintended Consequences applies, and criticisms of the movement are valid.
Family court bias of media runs deep - Irish Times Friday June afford 2010
If we wish to understand this past phenomenon, which many journalists claim to find mystifying, we need only reflect on the deafening silence in this society last week concerning the Irish parents whose discovery that they are half-siblings became the talk of the planet.
Devastating aftermath of State's intrusion -
The real criminal, then, is the Irish State, which colluded in creating the conditions whereby, one way or another, one of its own most solemn principles came to be breached
in camera rule must not obscure child rights -Irish Times Tuesday, June 1, 2010
I am not sure if it is widely understood that, on a day-to-day basis, public bodies routinely receive information and documentation which, on a strict legalistic basis, could be regarded as a breach of the in camera rule. Copies of maintenance orders, guardianship orders and barring orders (to name but a few) are routinely provided in support of housing, social welfare and housing applications. Any upset to these pragmatic practices could have far-reaching implications.
Services 'ignored' children's pleas on fathers innocence -Irish Times Wednesday, May 26, 2010
SOCIAL SERVICES ignored the children of a Derry man when they insisted he had not sexually abused them, the High Court in Belfast has been told.
Restrictions on media suspended in McAnaspie case - Irish Times Wednesday, May 26, 2010
THE IN CAMERA rule was lifted in relation to the case of the late Daniel McAnaspie in the District Court yesterday following an application by The Irish Times . This is the first time reporting of childcare proceedings in the District Court has been permitted.
Hearing voice of battered person must be priority - Wednesday 26th of May 2010 Irish Times
It is assumed that the HSE has chosen to use the words “woman” and “women” to reflect the fact that while men are also victims of domestic violence, the vast majority of victims are women.
No 'de facto' family in Ireland for unwed father - Irish Times Mon 17th May 2010
He therefore found that there had been no breach of a “right of custody”, and that the habitual residence of the children was England, given that they had been lawfully removed by their mother and were now clearly settled there. The father would have a full opportunity to make submissions and be represented there in relation to custody of and access to the children.
Call for relaxing of in camera rule in reporting of child care hearings -Irish Times Wed 19th May 2010
CONSIDERATION SHOULD be given to relaxing the in camera rule which prevents reportage on all aspects of cases heard in court under the Childcare Act, a child law expert said yesterday.
Cases around care of young must be more transparent - Iristh Times Thursday 20th May 2010
It is an ominous development at a time when the actions of the HSE in relation to children in care are under fire and when we need more transparency and accountability, not less.
Court rules child must be returned to Latvia - Irish Times Friday 21st may 2010
THE SUPREME Court has ruled that a young girl was unlawfully brought from Latvia to Ireland by her mother against her father’s wishes and must be returned for the Latvian courts to decide issues of custody and access.
Fianna Fail critics of HSE challenged on inconsistency - Irish Times Wed 28th May 2010
SEANAD: FIANNA FÁIL members were strongly challenged by opponents to act on criticism of the Health Service Executive (HSE).
Court clarifies rights of barristers - Irish times Tues May 28th 2010
THE HIGH Court has clarified that barristers have the right of audience in District Court cases where instructed but not attended by a solicitor.
CONCESSION ON COHABITANTS DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH - BRYAN-IFA 20th May 2010
IFA President John Bryan has said the creation of automatic legal
liabilities for cohabitants under the Civil Partnership Bill still
amounts to bad law and should be dropped by the Government.He was commenting on the concession by the Government to increase
the period of cohabitation required under the Bill before court claims
can be made by ex-partners from three to five years.
Civil Patrnership-passes second stage in Dail-19th May
Listen to Newstalk Interview with Kieran Donnell, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) and Barrister Kieron Wood discussing the Civil Partnership Bill here. Click "Archive", scroll down to "lunchtime", click wednesday 19th May part 1 and interview begins in at 41:05 in. Kieron Wood says that the "Legislation hasn't been thought through.. will cause huge difficulties in future".
Letters to the Editor- The CorkNews.ie 14th May 2010
Guardianship for unmarried fathers-The New Zealand approach-13th May 2010
A piece of legislation well worth examining is the New Zealand Care of Children Act 2004, particularly in the way the rights/responsibillities of unmarried fathers is handled (Part 2, Sections 15 to 22). It is a well thought out detailed piece of legislation which does not leave much room for the fluff and bluster which is the hallmark of existing Irish legislation.
Unmarried fathers - Irish Times Sat 1st May 2010
It is clear that legislative reform is required to uphold the rights of unmarried fathers, taking account of social changes which have had such a significant effect on the shape of family formulation and make-up.
Appeal court condemns UK local authority on child welfare - Irish Times 10th May 2010
“ [Social workers] are perceived by many as arrogant and enthusiastic removers of children from their parents into an unsatisfactory care system, and as trampling on the rights of parents and children in the process. This case will do little to dispel that perception . . . Their aim should be to unite families rather than separate them.”
Charity seeks better support services for abuse victims - Irish times 28th April 2010
The most recent HSE statistics show there were 2,379 reports of child sexual abuse made in 2008. Just 12 per cent of reports were confirmed as cases of sex abuse, which Cari believe is extremely low by international standards.
Children must return to Poland and to custody of German father - Irish TImes Mon 3rd May 2010
"In relation to the views of the children, these were not the determining factors. He also took on board a number of judgments where it was stated that it was important for the formation of a child, and especially of a male child, that he have the society of his father if at all possible. He was not satisfied that it was contrary to the interests of these children that they had the society of their father."
Damages award over interim barring order upheld- Irish Times 13th May 2010
THE SUPREME Court has unanimously dismissed the State’s bid to overturn an award of €214,000 in damages to a Dublin man who successfully challenged the constitutionality of laws under which his wife got an interim barring order against him.
Great new Resources site for Men's Issues
This new site is a super resource collating links to so many groups and individuals working on men's and fathers issues in Ireland
Judiciary signals support for setting up judicial council - Mon May 10th 2010
Judicial complaints council expected - Irish TImes Wed 12th 2010
Tracking the introduction of Injustice-Civil Partnership Bill(Part 15)-Status May 13th 2010
A resumed hearing on the Civil Partnership Bill before the Justice Committee is provisionally listed for
May 27th see here
Keep those emails going to the Commitee here!
Change to birth laws means an end to 'fatherless' children -The Times - June 3rd 2008
All fathers in the UK will be required to sign their baby's birth certificate under a change in the law designed to ensure that both parents are involved in a child's life.
Time to track down the missing fathers Irish Examiner 12th May 2010
IT is
encouraging to read (May 5) of the increasing quest among unmarried
fathers for legal rights towards their children – especially as this
surely also represents an increase in the acceptance of responsibilities
among such fathers.
Guardianship Letter to Dermot Ahern, Minister for Justice 10th May 2010
Correspondence with Dermot Ahern, Minister for Justice requesting that he arrange for your department to publish the names and contact details of all of the peace commissioners and the department website and send PE the web link that they may include us for information both on our website and embedded in an updated version of the guardianship form video
Part-time Dad
Niamh O'Mahony www.thecorknews.ie meets the heartbroken fathers determined to play a part in their children's lives.
Law on guardianship - Unmarried fathers no legal rights 4th May, 2010
Every child should be entitled to know his or her father and mother, but there is a danger that the unmarried father could be totally excluded from the lives of their children due to outdated family law practices.
I'm My Own Grandpaw
This song, written in 1947, gives some insight into the Continuing failed Social Policy around children and parents in Ireland.
More rights for dads 30th April 2010 The Cork News
The rights of non-married fathers need to be enhanced according to Labour�s Cork TD, Kathleen Lynch, who introduced a Private Members Bill on the issue just two months ago.
MEN'S ISSUES WHO'S LISTENING? 2nd June 2010
A Seminar Exploring Current Responses Presented by City of Galway VEC, Galway
Unmarried fathers - Editorial Opinion- Irish Times May 1st 2010
Child Abduction still possible under proposed Guardianship Bill- 29 April 2010
Horrific situations, such as was heard in the High Court yesterday will still arise under Labour's proposed Guardianship Bill.
Unmarried and separated fathers call for equality legislation - 28th April 2010
Justice Minister rides roughshod over concerns on Cohabitations provisions Aprill 11 2010
Despite the widespread disquiet over the cohabitation provisions of the Civil Partnership Bill our Justice Minister is ploughing ahead with forcing marriage-like legal liabillities on the nations cohabiting couples...
High Court Judgment re FOI. the HSE and allegations of Child abuse 13th July 2009
This is an appeal on a point of law pursuant to s. 42(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 from two decisions of the Information Commissioner delivered on the 17th and 28th November, 2005. Those decisions affirmed the earlier decisions of the former Eastern Health Board and St. Louise’s Unit of Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin to refuse the appellant’s request for access to certain records, finding them to be exempt under ss. 26 and 28 of the Act of 1997. The records to which the appellant sought access were generated between January and October, 1998 and related to allegations of child sexual abuse made against him and an assessment which concluded that the allegations were “unconfirmed”. The essential question in this case is whether the Commissioner misdirected herself as to the application of s. 28(5) (a) of the Act of 1997.
IFA seeks meeting with Justice Minister on Cohabitation provisions- 21 April 2010
In a series of meetings with Government and opposition TDs, IFA President John Bryan has said, “it is unacceptable that Justice Minister Dermot Ahern is ploughing ahead with the imposition of legal liabilities on couples living together in the absence of any public demand for these changes and with no public debate and no scrutiny in the media. This amounts to over regulation and bad law, and IFA has sought a meeting with Minister Ahern to discuss the matter.”
IFA Submission on Cohabitation provisions of Patrnership Bill -April 2010
The IFA have recently published a 4 page submission voicing major concerns on the cohabitation provisions of the proposed Civil Partnership Bill
Another step towards criminalising fatherhood
JOHN WATERS says that "Family ‘contact centres’ will normalise the wrongdoings of a heartless, misandrist family law system".
Judicial council may be set up this year 11th April 2010
Lecture covers debates on fathers and law (14th April 2010)
Open Letter to Minister for Justice 12th of April 2010
Open letter to the Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern, commenting on the proposed civil partnership Bill.
Judging Tiger Wood's behaviour- a reflection 11th April 2010
Out of the cracks of the politically correct dmonising of men, comes a whisper of a different perspective. God be with days when "everybody" and women particularly, enjoyed the stories of George Best's pre match trysts, and when the rest of us just marvelled as his sublime skills as a footballer
Ahern's plans will make Civil Partner Bill a grabber's charter 11th April 2010
Ms Gurley-Brown was of the opinion that no woman with any dignity would sit on her backside and accept being kept by a man whom she now loathed (on the basis of being divorced from him).
Plan to grant legal rights to cohabiting couples criticised March 23rd 2010
Ahern says FG proposals could be unconstitutional March 25th 2010
The IFA appear to have got some minor concession on this but it doesn't
change the reality of this attack on people's personal freedom.
BRYAN CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW PROVISIONS ON COHABITING COUPLES FROM CIVIL PARTNERSHIP BILL April 1st 2010
This is no April Fool joke
Unintended consequences of civil partnership law January 27th 2010
Even Carol Coulter can find problems with this Civil Partnership Bill....people really are missing the point about how this will effect a lot more hetro couples than same sex couples.
Civil Partnership Bill-Cohabitation provisions online debates 7th April 2010
A number of online debates are happening on the cohabiting provisions of the Civil Partnership Bill
A Bonanza for Lawyers & Gold Diggers..23 March 2010
THE GOVERNMENT has been urged to scrap legislation that will introduce legal rights for unmarried couples who separate because it will provide a “bonanza” for lawyers as couples look to secure a share of each other’s wealth.
Separated parents must put children's rights first - 18th March 2010
Some women have no compunction about using a child to punish its father -- even if the child is injured in the process..........
Tragedy of One Family Faced with Indifference- 19th March 2010
Thousands of dads not on birth certs avoid child payouts - 18th March 2010
MORE than 4,000 birth certificates are issued every year without a father's name, new figures reveal.
Chaotic family courts suffering with inexperienced judges, says Shatter- 6th March 2010
THE family law courts are a "dysfunctional system operating in a chaotic
manner", a legal conference has heard.
Call for guardian status for all fathers -March 2010
UNMARRIED FATHERS should be granted automatic guardianship on the birth of their children, the Equality Authority has said.
MEN’S RITES OF PASSAGE July 2010
A five-day life-changing program for Men, at “The Bield”, Perth, Scotland.
Judge lifts lid on Palin's child custody battle with ex-fiance
A judge's ruling has lifted the lid on a heated legal custody battle between Sarah Palin's daughter and the father of her grandson.
One Family Seminar,Monday 18 January 2010
This is an opportunity for those who value the role played by fathers to make an input in the discussion.
Father may lose custody of runaway girl sailor
Supreme Court Judgment 12th December 2009 re Rights of Father
Supreme Court's rejects of a same-sex couple as a "de facto family" while considering the relationship of a homosexual biological father to his child, in a sperm donor situation to a Lesbian Couple.
Family rights of unmarried father violated in German courts
So its not just in Ireland that Dads are still being discriminated against.
Digital Audio Recording in the Irish Courts
This information has been supplied by the Courts Service.
Discrimination against fathers in Child benefit - The Bottom Line in InEQUALITY
Note material sent in by a site visitor which highlights the discrimination against fathers
Question to PE on One Parent Family Tax Credit 26th Oct 2009
Single father wins order overturning adoption (7th Oct 2009)
AN UNMARRIED father has won a High Court order overturning the adoption without his knowledge of his eight-year-old daughter by his former partner’s husband.
Men are portrayed as complete spanners -- but we won't complain (2nd Oct 2009)
Ian Doherty writing in Irish Independent Oct 2nd 2009
Brenda power (Sunday Times) calls for auto matic guardianship for fathers and mothers while attacking father's advocates
Heavy hitting article by Brenda Power supports the guardianship claims of unmarried fathers but demonises those who expose the injustice against fathers!
New Law Reform Commission consulation paper re unmarried fathers and grandparents (9th Sept 2009)
LAW REFORM COMMISSION PUBLISHES CONSULTATION PAPER ON FAMILY RIGHTS
AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FATHERS AND GRANDPARENTS
Bill to set up legal ombudsman to be enacted next year
THE BILL setting up a legal services ombudsman should be enacted early in the new year, according to Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern.Hopefully, it will do a better job of sanctioning errant solicitors than the current system where the Law Society uses solicitors to judge solicitors.
Take part in our online polls
online videos re Joint Custody, Fathers etc
The neglected children who are missing a hug from their father
One day his father approached him with a scissors and a porridge bowl. The boy fled down the street, his father cursing at his heels.
Family Law Judge Recommends a book for separated Parents to read!
Recently in an Irish Family Law Court a Judge recommended to both parents to read this book to help them in their Family transition. This is a positive step forward......
Supreme court judge criticises media
SUPREME COURT judge Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman has sharply criticised the media for its "inadequate and uninformative" coverage of the courts.
Man faces jail over getting ill
Man who failed to make two maintenance payments during recovery from heart op talks to the Dundalk Leader
New Mr B case involving Child Abduction
A five-year-old Irish boy is at the centre of an alleged international "abduction" battle between his unmarried parents.
Third of women at Mountjoy jail freed due to overcrowding
Sinn Fein’s Mr Ó Snodaigh said the Government should explore non-custodial options for female criminals because many women in jail had children and were their sole carer. Does the same interest extend to fathers who go to jail?
Call for Press Access to Family Courts in England
Mr Justice Hedley made a “cautious” call to allow the press into all family courts. Giving the key note speech to the Association of Lawyers for Children Annual Conference, he wondered whether the workings of the family courts might not “be made easier” by allowing external scrutiny.
Most single parents want to join workforce
Most single parents in Ireland want to be part of the workforce, according to research launched by the Government today.
Father put in cell for smacking
A father is locked up for chastising his son....now isn't that something. The obvious question here is would the same thing happen if the mother slapped their son.....the answer is no...why you might ask?? The answer is because there are 2 basic standards in operation here one for mothers and one for fathers!!!
Law Society launches code of practice for family law
The irony is that this code of practice for solicitors is itself not legally binding. As a PR exercise it looks good but in truth it is disingenuous, misleading and fails even the most cursory critical analysis.
Research shatters stereotypes of lone parents
NEW research on lone parents has shattered popular misconceptions that they are largely young, unmarried women who have no interest in getting a job
Father of Baby P speaks of loss
Baby P's torturers kept the abuse secret from everybody, but there were concerns. The whistleblower
notified ministers and inspectors six months before baby P was found dead, with concerns about the child protection services who were in charge of the case.
Pregnant MAN expecting again!
Would this "Man" qualify for support from the Irish Crisis Pregnancy Agency?
Inquiry into deaths of brothers
Two young children found dead with a knife in their abdomens. Mother is being held under the mental health act. Why could she not have just handed them up for adoption, or fostering?
So sad...............
What are the Positive Options for Expectant Fathers
Civil Partnership Bill
Solicitors fined €100,000 for overcharging
FINES OF €25,000 imposed on two solicitors for professional misconduct arising from overcharging were increased fourfold yesterday to €100,000 each.......
Teenage pregnancy link to sexy TV shows
Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teenagers who watch a lot of TV with dialogue and behaviour compared to those who have tamer viewing tastes.
Publication of taped conversations breached privacy right? -- High Court
Can one record a conversation? Does it matter if it's a 3rd Party conversation or that one is a party to the conversation oneself? Can one use the material from a recorded conversation to expose the Truth? Read on.....
High Court finds that Protection Orders are Constitutional
Mr Justice Charleton found section 5 of the Domestic Violence Act 1996, providing for the making of protection orders, to be constitutional, stating that it ordered a respondent to desist from behaviour that was already unlawful.
Stay on order to return children in Child Abduction case
Two children abducted from Australia to Ireland by their mother should return, but not until a number of conditions were met by the applicant father.
Creating a new family dynamic - Support for Joint Custody
Sharing custody is often the best way of ensuring your child feels loved and secure.
Call for law on dispute resolution
"Men in particular are angered by the initial letter that is written," she said. "I would ask practitioners to consider that letter. There are also problems with communication in relation to access. Lawyers can and should help there.".......Judge Petria McDonnell, who has practised in the Family Circuit Court most of the time since her appointment as a judge in July last year
Cohabiting couples the fastest-growing family unit in the Republic
THE TRADITIONAL family unit is changing dramatically with divorce rates rising, family sizes shrinking and the number of unmarried cohabiting couples increasing...
Are Fathers to be Included by Crisis Pregnancy Agency?
When one says "Any woman, or her partner does that mean any expectant father or is it only lesbian partners, or present male partners (who may not even be the expectant father).... the plot of discrimination thickens....
Woman seeks early hearing date for embryos appeal
Single dads urged to take kids to school
Fathers' group pay bail for release of jailed Father
Kelly-Ann's parents to seek custody of their grandsons
Mum arrested over death of sons in house blaze
Crisis pregnancy advisory service uses shock tactics
Grandparent's Survey notice
Are you a grandparent whose child has gone through a divorce or separation in the past five years?
What Adrienne Burgess thinks about fathers
The rape debate
'I was drunk, so was it my fault?'
Children of hands-on dads who read and play with them grow up brighter and more successful
Men hard done by in Family Law court
Jail for mother who bit son's arm
Mother murdered disabled daughter
Father and daughters found dead
Suicide strategy lacks funding
Poll digs behind the notion that this is a man's world
Vast majority of men say single fathers should have equal rights
Family law system crisis now
New rules will speed up family law cases in Circuit Court - Ahern
Men say biggest worry is daily living expenses
Majority of men satisfied despite economic pressure and crime concern
Baldwin reveals suicidal feelings after 'little pig' leak
Support group highlights sexual abuse in families
Family face-to-face with alleged sex-plot killers
Sex attack link investigated as fourth woman is assaulted
Woman due in court in connection with Limerick knife attack
Equality Authority wants to remain independent
Barring Orders take on a new twist
Rise in victims reporting rape at odds with Garda figures
Mother due back in UK after alleged child abandonment
Guardianship and School Radio Interview Luke Martin and John Hayden Dundalk FM100 Sept 1st 2008
As September begins and all the kids go back to school once again unmarried fathers who are NOT Guardians of their children have no connection or rights to the schooling and education of their children. Luke Martin and John Hayden discuss this issue and explain how to get guardianship on Dundalk FM100
Woman found guilty of microwaving baby
Govt asked to provide better support for lone parents
Mysterious cash donor saves dad in eviction scare
Information on getting Passports for children
Letter Criticises Mary Hanafin Article re Social Welfare Lone Parent fraud
Letter in Sunday Indo 3rd Aug 2008 in response to article in Previous week's Sunday Indo re Social Welfare Fraud, Lone Parent culture etc....
Final note to poisoned boy's dad: 'You can enjoy life now, ha ha ha'
A woman thought to have killed her five-year-old son before taking her own life left his father notes saying he could "enjoy his life, as there was nothing to stop him now'', an inquest heard today.
Mediation scheme called for as alternative to courts
The consultation paper examines the growing use of alternative dispute resolution internationally and in Ireland as reflecting the increasing number of options available to help resolve civil disputes. Such disputes include commercial and consumer claims, family breakdown, industrial disputes, medical claims and property disputes.
Child Abduction Case re Poland
Under the Hague Convention on Child Abduction, a nine-year-old boy brought to Ireland by his mother in 2006 must return to his grandfather in Poland, who had legal custody of the boy before he was brought to Ireland
West Dublin courthouse is opened in Blanchardstown
Note that this new courthouse has facilities which are wired for video-conferencing. Perhaps, Finally the Secretive Family Courts can arrange to keep an accuate record of the statements made by witnesses, lawyers and judges in court
Pregnant woman awaits stabbing sentence
Pregnant woman awaits stabbing sentence. A 26-year-old Galway woman who is nine months pregnant is to be sentenced on Wednesday for killing her neighbour in a row over a dog.
Hanafin to cut back on benefits for lone parents
It's about time the government reverted back to focusing on the family unit.
How to make an effective Complaint!
Develop a step by step approach to making an effective Complaint!
UK Law change to give father's greater rights
All unmarried fathers will be required to sign their baby’s birth certificate under a change in the law designed to ensure that both parents are involved in a child’s life.
Parents lose custody for calling daughter Talula Does The Hula
Parents lose custody for calling daughter Talula Does The Hula
Ombudsman raised lack of 24-hour child welfare service several times
The annual report of the Court Service
The number of protection orders granted to parents rose by 48% to 467, while safety orders granted to parents to protect them from their children more than doubled to 219 cases.
Teens get pregnant 'to avail of free local housing'
A POLITICIAN has claimed that a number of young women are getting pregnant solely to increase their chances of being housed by the local authority.
Addict's baby found with cuts, bruises and burns
Mother convicted of neglect and incest charges
Father to continue battle against protection order
Study shows most family law cases settled out of court
Father loses challenge to Domestic Violence Act
Managed return of child to Latvia ordered
Adult needs trump rights of children in AHR debate
Newstalk broke rights to privacy, watchdog rules
Newstalk radio station breached the rights to privacy of civil servants by putting them live on air without their permission.
Court challenge to UK Child Support Agency fails
Return child to Poland - court
Three campaigners climb roof of toll plaza in protest over fathers' rights
Man challenges protection, safety orders against him
Judiciary on the attack or perhaps another agenda?
Christine Brinkley Divorce coverage
Children affected by relationship breakup/Divorce
Can I record a phone call and use the recording to protect my good name?
Child Neglect
Fathers on the M50
Response to crtiicism of umarried fathers M50 protest!
He Said, She said
Do we tolerate equally men and women portrayed in the media?
Are fathers better than Mothers?
Single father Matthew Collins bemoans his inability to be as good as a mother
Are The F4J-style stunts bad for Father's rights ?
Fathers' rights groups would do well to distance themselves from daft stunts and silly climbs, writes Eilis O'Hanlon in Sunday Indo June 22nd 2008
Parental Equality members present at The Family Show RDS Dublin 15th June 2008
Breakingnews.ie running poll on discrimination in Ireland
The Family Show RDS June 13th to 15th
The Family Show is a one-stop-shop of products, services, information and, most importantly of all, FUN!!! Visitors will enjoy an interactive and excitement-filled time while they discover, shop, learn & play together in a carnival-like atmosphere.
Overcharging within the Legal Profession
Men becoming socially isolated due to societal changes:
Men alone in no man's land..... a new support group.. talk about men's isolation in todays society
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