F4J back calls for referendum on fathers’ rights ahead of Father’s Day
Campaign group Fathers4Justice has backed a call by Irish columnist and broadcaster Sarah Carey for a referendum on fathers’ rights in yesterdays Irish Times. The call for a referendum – long campaigned for by Fathers4Justice – follows the abortion referendum, and comes ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday 17th June. Said Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor; […]
Dads say CIE 8th Amendment ad ban is ‘anti-democratic’
Campaign group Fathers4Justice (F4J) today described the move by state transport company CIE to ban 8th Amendment advertising as wrong, ‘anti-democratic’, and handing a victory to online bullies intent on censoring debate around the issue. CIE cited a six-week Fathers4Justice campaign on Bus Eireann single decker buses which called for a change of the 8th […]
Fathers4Justice Father’s Day Press Summary
Ahead of Father’s Day 2017, F4J launched a range of Father’s Day “Reality Cards”, covertly placed onto retailers shelves by activists. F4J founder Matt O’Connor did a number of national interviews and comment pieces highlighting the plight of separated dads in the UK and Ireland. Watch our launch video here: Read about our Father’s Day “Reality […]
Download your Father’s Day “Reality Cards” for retailers
Download your Fathers4Justice, Father’s Day “Reality Cards” to print and deliver to any of these retailers before Father’s Day this Sunday 18th June. As Clintons Cards have just launched a range of ‘Father-Free’ Father’s Day cards, these are a suggested retailer of choice. FATHER’S DAY CARD RETAILERS * Clintons Cards: https://www.clintonsretail.com/about/stores * Scribbler: https://www.scribbler.com/shop/card-shops * Cards […]
Important Notice: School Holidays & Child Abduction
We have recently experienced a spike in a number of child abductions where children have been removed from the UK to another jurisdiction and have not been returned. In some instances, children have been taken abroad on the pretence of a holiday, which has been agreed with the father*, then not returned. Fathers whose partners […]
PR Week: Fathers4Justice hiring agencies to create ‘more sensitive’ feel and build overseas presence
Paternal rights campaign group Fathers4Justice has taken on London’s Taylor Herring and Edinburgh’s Orbit Communications – and is looking to further expand its work in the UK. It comes after Matt O’Connor, who founded the group in 2001 and has also founded a PR agency, decided in September last year to devote himself full-time to […]
Irish Independent: “Malicious claims of abuse ‘endemic’ in family law battles
Pic: Matt O’Connor, Founder, Fathers4Justice Vexatious claims of sexual abuse are now ‘a weapon of choice’ among warring couples engaged in bitter separation or divorce battles. Matt O’Connor, the London-based founder of the Fathers 4 Justice group, said malicious claims of all forms of abuse were ‘endemic’ in family law battles. “It’s a significant factor […]
Fathers4Justice call for urgent introduction of Judicial Complaints Panel in Ireland
Campaign group Fathers4Justice (F4J) today called for the introduction of an independent complaints panel in Ireland to deal with judicial misconduct in secret family cases which they say are discriminatory, anti-father and a breach of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the right to a fair hearing. F4J Campaign Director Nadine O’Connor […]
Irish Daily Star: Rose protestor Matt O’Connor did us all a favour
Sometimes people do us a good turn and we don’t even recognise it. Matt O’Connor presented us with an issue for consideration which for far too long has been brushed well and truly under the nation’s dirty carpet. He reminded us how we’ve consistently and deliberately abused the rights of natural fathers. And the simple […]
Fathers4Justice storm the Rose of Tralee
Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor invokes the spirit of Father Ted as he storms the stage of the Rose of Tralee beauty pageant in Ireland. Full story and press coverage below. The Irish Examiner – Matt O’Connor: Why Fathers4Justice stormed the stage at the Rose of Tralee http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/matt-oconnor-why-fathers4justice-stormed-the-stage-at-the-rose-of-tralee-417534.html The inequality and lack of rights facing fathers […]
