The Sun: Fathers4Justice back Jeremy McConnell
THE FOUNDER of Fathers4Justice has backed Jeremy McConnell in his plight to find out if he is the dad of his ex-girlfriend’s baby. Speaking exclusively to The Sun online, Matt O’Connor, the founder of Fathers4Justice said that Jeremy “needs to stand up for his rights AND the rights of the child.” He said: “Stephanie Davis […]
The Telegraph: Hollywood’s dads must break their omertà over the crisis of fatherlessness by Matt O’Connor
Hollywood, it seems, has a problem with the idea of parental equality. In recent years, Jeremy Renner, Jason Patric, Guy Ritchie, Mel Gibson and Alec Baldwin have all found themselves embroiled in toxic access disputes. Some of these men have been attacked in the media by their ex-partners, and now receive only limited access to […]
Fathers4Justice Statement: Children on Fathers4Justice demonstrations referred to government anti-terror programme
Shared parenting campaign group, Fathers4Justice (F4J), will today be seeking a full disclosure from the government’s anti-terror programme, Prevent, about claims in the media by the MP Lucy Allan that children who attended Fathers4Justice demonstrations have been referred to them by their teachers. F4J are also seeking clarification about how those referrals were managed, what […]
Lawyers for actress January Jones threaten Fathers4Justice over campaign
Lawyers for the actress January Jones, Harbottle & Lewis, have written to Fathers4Justice putting them on notice that it would be wrong for them to continue with their Hollywood billboard campaign, which features the actress on one of their posters. John Kelly at Harbottles wrote to F4J to say, “You are on notice…it would be […]
The Sun: ‘It nearly killed me’. Matt O’Connor of Fathers4Justice talks about his first Christmas in 2000 without his boys
Pic: Fathers4Justice founder, Matt O’Connor, pictured with second wife Nadine O’Connor One person who knows the pain of being separated from your children at Christmas is Matt O’Connor, founder of campaign group Fathers4Justice. He exclusively told The Sun Online: “Christmas is meant to be about family. Sadly, for tens of thousands of dads, they will […]
The Mail on Sunday: Angelina Jolie branded ‘malevolent’ in Hollywood campaign by Fathers4Justice
Fathers4Justice is launching a guerilla advertising campaign in Hollywood this week about Brad Pitt’s access problems to his children. The mobile billboard campaign parodies the Disney fantasy film ‘Maleficent’ which features Pitt’s ex partner, Angelina Jolie, as a vengeful fairy. The red and black ad replaces the film title with the word ‘malevolent’ and uses […]
Fathers4Justice warn Cafcass of legal action over false allegations
Monday 19th December 2016 Anthony Douglas Chief Executive Officer Cafcass National Office 3rd Floor 21 Bloomsbury Street London WC1B 3HF BY EMAIL TO: [email protected] LETTER BEFORE ACTION: SLANDER OF FATHERS4JUSTICE BY CAFCASS AT A SPIP COURSE Dear Mr Douglas, We have recently been informed that representatives of Cafcass have made slanderous allegations about Fathers4Justice (F4J) […]
Cork Pro Choice group apologise to Fathers4Justice for libel and pay damages
Cork Pro Choice, an organisation campaigning to Repeal The 8th Amendement in Ireland, has apologised to Fathers4Justice, and it’s principles Matt and Nadine O’Connor, for claiming they promoted domestic violence with their ‘Change The 8th’ campaign advertisement, ‘A father is for life not just conception’, which features a photograph of a father cradling an infant […]
F4J Statement: Cork Pro Choice Allegations
Fathers4Justice (F4J) are concerned that a number of individuals in the ‘Repeal The 8th’ campaign are aggressively opposed to democratic debate around the 8th Amendment. In particular, the organisation Cork Pro Choice has made a serious allegation concerning our advert, ‘A father is for life not just conception’, which will run on Bus Eireann in Cork […]
The Sun: ‘For too long the men’s health crisis has been taboo’
By Peter Lloyd To mark International Men’s Day, we highlight the tell-tale signs your man is reaching breaking point – and highlight some of the possible causes behind it. Needless to say, these problems can affect any man at any age. Something Matt O’Connor, founder of Fathers4Justice, knows all too well. He suffered depression when […]