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 […]
The Sun: Fathers4Justice say security at Rose of Tralee contest is lax and claim the event could be hit by ISIS
Fathers 4 Justice protester Matt O’Connor interrupted TV coverage last year unfurling a banner as host Daithi O Se interviewed Cavan Rose Lisa Reilly. The group is planning a second protest this week by two women supporters dubbed F4J Roses — and reckon organisers are making it easy for them to disrupt proceedings. They released […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘A father is for life not just conception’: Fathers4Justice launch Eighth Amendment campaign
Fathers’ rights organisation Fathers4Justice (F4J) is to enter the debate around the Eighth Amendment with a media campaign calling for the recognition and protection of the rights of the father in relation to the unborn child. The campaign poster features a picture of a man cradling a new born child with the words ‘a father […]
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 […]
Radio Kerry: Campaign for fathers’ rights rolls out in Kerry
A campaign to give guardianship rights to separated unmarried fathers is being rolled out in Kerry. It is calling for the automatic presumption of guardianship for fathers and ensuring that children can grow up with a dad. The Fathers for Justice Campaign have launched a poster entitled Brenda Kenny which sees Enda Kenny’s face covered […]
