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 […]
‘Deplorable’ Dads Fight Back
For too long men have been the ‘deplorables’ of British democracy, whipping boys for our political elite who have denigrated them for cheap political capital, whilst sucking up to the Mumsnet lobby. Ian Duncan-Smith once told me that fathers and men’s issues had become a ‘political taboo’ amongst politicians desperate to appeal to who they […]
‘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 […]
High Court rules court acted ‘unlawfully’ in excluding public from Fathers4Justice founders trial
Pic: Dr Michael Pelling and Matt O’Connor The high court today ruled in a declaratory judgment that court managers and magistrates sitting at Aldershot Magistrates’ Court on 20 February 2015 acted ‘unlawfully’ in excluding members of the public who sought to attend the trial of Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor, for a Section 5 Public Order […]
Minister claims dads seek court orders to see kids in attempt to REDUCE child maintenance payments
Pic: Matt King & son / Caroline Nokes MP A government minister has told a Fathers4Justice supporter that dads who seek court orders to see their kids, do so in order to reduce their child maintenance payments. In a letter to Robert Syms, MP for Poole, the Minister for Welfare Delivery at the Department for […]
