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Amen - Friday, September 3, 2010Amen Annual Report 2009 - Amen has released its Annual Report for 2009. The report provides an overview of the different types of services provided to clients by Amen. (pdf, 10mb) |
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The Irish Independent - Tuesday, August 31, 2010Parents face jail for refusing to pay child support - JUDGES will be permitted to jail men and women who refuse to pay child maintenance to their former spouses and partners under new laws published yesterday. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, August 31, 2010Ahern proposes to halve 12-year bankruptcy period - PERSONS ADJUDICATED bankrupt will be entitled to apply to be discharged from bankruptcy after six years rather than 12 under new proposals published yesterday. |
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The Irish Examiner - Tuesday, August 31, 2010Defaulting parents risk prison over maintenance - PARENTS who fail to keep up maintenance payments will face jail under new legal proposals unveiled yesterday, but the opposition claimed many maintenance recipients may still end up out of pocket. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, August 30, 2010Proposals to restore prison threat in maintenance cases - THE MINISTER for Justice will today publish proposals aimed at restoring the sanction of imprisonment for people who refuse to pay maintenance payments due under family law proceedings. |
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Amen - Thursday, August 26, 2010Launch of the first Amen Annual Report 2009 - Amen is delighted to announce the launch of their first ever Annual Report on Friday 3rd September at 11.00am, in their office in Navan. |
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The Irish Independent - Thursday, August 26, 2010Martina Devlin: Law not only failing fathers, it's failing their children too - Of all the subjects I have tackled, the topic that precipitated the most heartfelt emails -- an outpouring of cries in the dark -- was the way our society allows separated fathers to be isolated from their children. |
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Amen - Tuesday, August 17, 2010Fathers Count Course - Amen in conjunction with Springbaord Family Support Services, Navan are delivering a two session course entitled Fathers Count. |
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Men's Heath Forum - Monday, August 16, 2010Get up-Get out-Get Going! Challenge Runs! - 3K, 5K, 10k runs open to male competitors (and females prepared to dress as males!) on the 4th of September. |
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The Irish Independent - Friday, August 13, 2010Minister vows more rights for single dads - Equality Minister Mary White last night promised to help "decent dads" who are being denied access to their children by their former partners. |
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The Irish Times - Friday, August 13, 2010White to look at issue of single fathers' rights - Minister for Equality Mary White has indicated the plight of unmarried and separated fathers who have difficulty getting access to their children is to be addressed in the near future. |
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The Irish Independent - Tuesday August 10, 2010Men also suffer violence at home - Letter to the Irish Independent from Niamh McGrath. |
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The Irish Times - Wednesday, August 4, 2010Unmarried fathers in Germany promised greater custody rights - "Lawmakers thus place the parental rights of the father disproportionately below those of the mother, without it necessarily ensuring the child's wellbeing and without the possibility of a court examination of the reasons," the court said in its ruling. |
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The Irish Independent - Tuesday August 3, 2010New laws to protect battered partners - BATTERED partners will be spared having to relive their ordeal in open court in a bid to secure more successful prosecutions. |
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The Irish Independent - Thursday July 22, 2010Recession forcing unhappy couples to stay together, says family lawyer - THE recession has forced a growing number of unhappy couples to live together, according to a top family lawyer. |
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The Irish Times - Thursday July 22, 2010Dramatic rise in debt and insolvency cases - A DRAMATIC rise in cases involving debt, insolvency and the winding-up of companies has been recorded in the annual report of the Courts Service. |
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The Irish Times - Wednesday July 21, 2010Divorce at lowest level for 10 years - The number of people seeking an end to their marriages through judicial separation or divorce has fallen dramatically to its lowest level for a decade. |
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BBC News, Northern Ireland - July 20, 2010Woman 'lied about child abuse' in divorce case - A High Court judge in Belfast has concluded that a woman involved in a divorce case falsely accused her ex-husband of sexually abusing their children. |
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The Herald, Scotland - July 9, 2010Male abuse victims face extra barriers - Counsellors can struggle to help men who are in abusive relationships, because political correctness and their own assumptions get in the way, according to new research. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, July 5, 2010Lawyers urged to 'buy into' non-adversarial mediation - More lawyers need to become involved in mediation, a group of lawyer and non-lawyer mediators told CAROL COULTER. |
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The Irish Times - Friday, June 25, 2010Unmarried fathers urged to seek legal status as guardian - MANY UNMARRIED fathers still don't know that they have no rights to their child unless they have guardianship, the annual general meeting of Treoir has heard. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, June 14, 2010Legal Aid Board is keen to move mediation into the mainstream - The board is considering ways to actively promote the use of mediation and has organised training for some solicitors. |
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The Irish Times - Saturday, June 5, 2010Ireland opts out of scheme to harmonise divorce laws - IRELAND OPTED out yesterday when European justice ministers cleared the way for the EU to deploy new family law powers by allowing a group of countries to recognise each other's divorce laws. |
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The Daily Mail - Monday, May 24, 2010It's the side of domestic abuse you rarely hear about. But here, one wife shockingly admits... I was a husband beater - Losing control: Florence Terry would lash out at her husband. She now helps others to overcome conflict. |
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The Irish Times - Friday, May 21, 2010Court rules child must be returned to Latvia - 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. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, May 17, 2010No 'de facto' family in Ireland for unwed father - High Court Judgement: An unmarried father of three who had not applied for guardianship of his children did not have legal custody, and therefore could not seek under the Hague Convention on Child Abduction to have them returned from the UK to which they had been taken by their mother without his consent. |
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The Irish Independent - Thursday, May 13, 2010A new piece of feminist victimhood-folderol has entered the governing ideology of this state - Irish "multiculturalism" now embodies much of our strange politico-legal value-system, and this mysterious hybrid invariably exhibits a curious partiality when it comes to adjudicating on crimes in which the perpetrator is a woman and the victim is a man. |
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The Irish Times - Thursday, May 13, 2010Damages award over interim barring order upheld -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. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, May 10, 2010Guardians ad litem at risk in new child care Bill - THE NEW Child Care Bill could adversely affect the rights of children in the care of the State. |
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The Irish Times - Thursday, May 6, 2010Number of child abduction cases in 2009 down slightly on previous year - IRISH AUTHORITIES received 136 cases of child abduction last year, a slight drop on the number of cases notified in 2008. |
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The Irish Examiner - Tuesday, May 4, 2010Law on guardianship - Unmarried fathers no legal rights - 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. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, May 3, 2010Northside Community Law Centre celebrates 35 years - During turbulent times, the Coolock Community Law Centre opened its doors in the Northside Shopping Centre. |
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The Irish Times - Saturday, May 1, 2010Unmarried fathers - 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. |
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The Irish Times - Thursday, April 29, 2010Unmarried father loses removal of children case - THE HIGH Court has rejected a challenge by a man to the legality of the removal by his former partner of their three children to England to live |
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The Irish Times - Thursday, April 29, 2010Ruling stresses no such thing as 'de facto family' in law - ANALYSIS: The High Court has stated that in family law the Constitution has priority over European law, writes CAROL COULTER Legal Affairs Editor. |
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The Irish Times - Thursday, April 29, 2010Change in guardianship law urged - The Labour Party has called for an updating of the guardianship law after the High Court yesterday rejected a challenge by a man to the legality of the removal by his former partner of their three children to England to live. |
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BBC News - Wednesday, April 28, 2010Helpline for male abuse victims - Scotland's first helpline for male victims of domestic abuse has gone live. |
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The Irish Times - Wednesday, April 28, 2010Father's custody challenge rejected - The High Court has rejected a challenge by a man to the legality of what the court described as the "reprehensible" removal by his former partner, with whom he had a ten year relationship, of their three children to England to live. |
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The Sunday Independent - Sunday, April 25, 2010Group in call to aid family harmony - A new support group for parents and children alienated from each other has called for 100 mothers or fathers affected by the problem to come forward. |
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The Sunday Independent - Sunday, April 18, 2010Couples who never tied the knot will be bound by law - Cohabiting partners need to take an interest in their legal rights, because they are about to change, writes Roisin Burke. |
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The Irish Times - Friday, April 16, 2010Another step towards criminalising fatherhood - Family 'contact centres' will normalise the wrongdoings of a heartless, misandrist family law system. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, April 13, 2010At the centre of broken family life - THE DISMAL choice between going to a park on a rainy day or a local fast-food restaurant is one that many separated fathers face during a precious hour or two with their children on a Saturday afternoon. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, April 13, 2010Child contact centres to open in Dublin - THE MINISTER for Children, Barry Andrews, will announce the setting up of two child contact centres in Dublin in the coming weeks, he indicated yesterday. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, April 12, 2010Family service calls for contact centres - THE GOVERNMENT should set up 37 specialist centres to facilitate meetings between children and parents who face difficulties when couples' relationships break down, a report published today has recommended. |
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The Irish Times - Wednesday, April 7, 2010Cohabiting couples - COHABITING COUPLES are the fastest growing family unit in the State. |
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www.jezebel.com - Wednesday April 7th, 2010Domestic Violence: Are Women As Abusive As Men? - Recent research on gender and aggression raises some difficult questions: Do women commit as much domestic violence as men? And does it matter? |
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The Irish Times - Monday, April 5, 2010Cohabitants to have legal rights after five years - THE CIVIL Partnership Bill is likely to be amended to extend the period of time a couple can cohabit before legal obligations come into force from three to five years, it is expected. |
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The Irish Examiner - Monday, April 5, 2010Law on civil partnership enacted by summer - A NEW law which will give people in long-term relationships many of the statutory rights of married couples is expected to be on the statute books before the summer. |
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The Sunday Tribune - Sunday, April 4, 2010'I genuinely don't want to hurt people and if I did, then I'm sorry' - Controversial newspaper columnist Brenda Power goes head to head with Una Mullally on marriage, children, gay rights and materialism. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, March 29, 2010Will debt let us part? - DIVORCE : The property crash has left many couples who want to divorce with no option but to live together. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, March 23, 2010Plan to grant legal rights to cohabiting couples criticised - 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. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, March 23, 2010Cohabiting couples finally set for a legal embrace - The Civil Partnership Bill contains proposals aimed at giving legal protections to cohabitants at the end of a relationship - analysis by CARL O'BRIEN. |
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Cosmopolitan - April, 2010'Her Fist Slammed into my Face' - David never imagined he would fall victim to domestic violence. Here he shares his shocking story and asks others to take this crime seriously... |
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The Irish Independent - Thursday, March 18, 2010Martina Devlin: Separated parents must put children's rights first - Some women have no compunction about using a child to punish its father -- even if the child is injured in the process. |
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The Irish Independent - Thursday, March 18, 2010Thousands of dads not on birth certs avoid child payouts - Dail to debate rights of unmarried fathers. |
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BBC News Online - Wednesday, March 17, 2010Confidential advice for male victims of domestic abuse - Male victims of domestic abuse will be able to access help through a dedicated service being set up in Scotland. |
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The Irish Examiner - Tuesday, March 16, 2010Labour wants guardianship rights for unmarried fathers - UNMARRIED fathers should be given the automatic right of guardianship of their children, the Labour party has insisted. |
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The Irish Times - Monday, March 15, 2010Call for guardian status for all fathers - UNMARRIED FATHERS should be granted automatic guardianship on the birth of their children, the Equality Authority has said. |
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The Irish Times - Saturday, March 13, 2010Labour Bill on unmarried fathers - A Bill to enhance the parental rights of unmarried fathers is to be launched on Monday by Labour's equality spokeswoman Kathleen Lynch. |
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The Blanch Informer - March, 2010Helping male victims of domestic violence - Many people do not believe that men can be victims of domestic abuse. |
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The Irish Examiner - Wednesday, March 10, 2010Strategy on domestic violence welcomed - ORGANISATIONS supporting victims of domestic and sexual violence have welcomed the publication of the first national strategy to deal with such crimes. |
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The Irish Independent - Wednesday, March 10, 2010One-stop shop to help abuse victims - A 'One-Stop Shop' providing services to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and other forms of abuse is urgently needed, Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said last night. |
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The Irish Times - Wednesday, March 10, 2010Plan to combat domestic violence outlined - MINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has insisted that a national strategy to improve the State's response to domestic violence will be properly resourced despite cuts in funding for the sector. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, March 9, 2010Absentee fathers 'must all pay' - UNEMPLOYED AND low-waged absentee fathers may be forced to pay maintenance for their children. |
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The Irish Independent - Saturday, March 6, 2010Chaotic family courts suffering with inexperienced judges, says Shatter - THE family law courts are a "dysfunctional system operating in a chaotic manner", a legal conference has heard. |
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The Irish Times - Wednesday, March 3, 2010Mediation urged as alternative to litigation - THE PROMOTION of mediation as an alternative to litigation is a governmental task, according to the Chief Justice John Murray. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, March 2, 2010Separation is not just about the parents - WHEN PARENTS separate it has an impact on the children of the couple. We know this to be true; what we can't predict as confidently is how much of an impact and how negative an impact it might have. By David Coleman. |
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Sky News - Monday, March 1, 2010Spotlight On Male Victims Of Domestic Abuse - A support group is claiming that a man dies every three weeks in the UK because of domestic violence. |
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The Irish Independent - Friday, February 26, 2010Want to protect children? Then promote marriage - The ESRI published a major report on the Irish family that had been commissioned by the Family Support Agency. By David Quinn. |
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The Irish Times - Wednesday, February 24, 2010Hanafin reviews lone-parent payment - MINISTER FOR Family Affairs Mary Hanafin is considering the removal of the one-parent family allowance when a child reaches 13 years of age, rather than the current cut-off age of 22. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, February 23, 2010Dads face uphill battle for access - Thousands of Irish fathers are finding they have no option but to take the legal route. |
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The Irish Independent - Tuesday, February 23, 2010More married couples breaking up after birth of their first child - MARRIED couples are up to 30pc more likely to split up after the birth of their first child than those with no children or more than one, a groundbreaking study on families in Ireland has found. |
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The Irish Independent - Friday, February 19, 2010Arguing parents fined for neglect of twins (3) - A SEPARATED couple left their three-year-old twins outside in the rain for 20 minutes while they argued over who should mind them. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, February 16, 2010Committee finalises child rights proposals - The wording for a referendum recognising the rights of children as individuals, will be recommended by the Oireachtas committee on the constitutional amendment on children in its final report today. |
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, February 16, 2010Authorities left without guidance by lack of defined rights of child - The courts have been reluctant to rule on a situation where the rights of the child conflict with the rights of the constitutional family, as they clearly did in this case. |
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The Irish Independent - Monday, February 15, 2010Jealous love-cheat killed husband in drunken frenzy - A mother-of-four stabbed her husband to death in a drunken rage, after she betrayed him by running off with one of his friends. |
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Irish Examiner, Saturday, February 13, 2010Couples in marriage counselling up by 10% - THE Catholic marriage service Accord has unveiled new figures which show a 10% increase in the number of couples seeking marriage counselling in 2009. |
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Breakingnews.ie, Thursday, February 11, 2010Woman charged after man stabbed in eye with stiletto - Police said the stiletto penetrated the eye socket and touched the victimıs brain. |
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The Irish Times - Thursday, February 11, 2010Referendum on children's rights considered - Taoiseach says the report of the Committee on the Constitution dealing with the rights of children will be launched next week. |
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Irish Independent, Thursday, February 11, 2010Jilted lover murdered victim by lacing curry with poison - Man was blind, paralysed an hour after eating dish. |
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Irish Examiner, February 08, 2010Number waiting for free legal aid doubles to 2,200 - MORE than 2,200 people are on waiting lists for free legal representation from solicitors and barristers - almost double the number waiting two years ago. |
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The Irish Times, 2nd February 2010Man claims wife used blackmail over divorce - Claims that charges of indecently assaulting his son were brought against him by his estranged wife to blackmail him into agreeing a divorce on terms favourable to her. |
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Irish Examiner, February 02, 2010Concerns child services report not getting local input - Review of Adequacy of Child and Family services is now being prepared without the formal input of local reports as it was in previous years. |
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The Irish Times, 1st February 2010Lisbon may have impact on children's rights - THE LISBON Treaty could have a major impact on children's rights in the Irish courts, a child law expert told the Four Jurisdictions Family Law Conference. |
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The Meath Chronicle, 30th January 2010Cleary book adapted for stage - An issue-based play about male victims of domestic abuse based on a book by Mary Cleary is being staged in Wexford this week. |
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BBC News Online - 26 January, 2010Wife 'threw deep fat fryer at me' - Mr B said he had no-one to speak to while he was being abused, adding: "My ex-wife threatened me a few times with a knife. On one occasion she told me if I went to sleep I would be stabbed." |
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The Evening Herald, January 25th, 2010Ahern targets dads dodging child payments - Justice Minister Dermot Ahern is to explore ways of closing a legal loophole, which was highlighted by a Supreme Court ruling in June last year. |
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RTE, Ear to the Ground, January 12th, 2010Video feature: Darragh McCullough investigates domestic violence against Men, including interview with Amen's Mary Cleary - Available on the RTE site until February 2nd, 2010. |
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TV3, The Morning Show, January 12th, 2010Video Interview with Declan from Amen, former Garda, on the domestic violence he endured - Interview starts at 3.22 mins, finishes at 21.22 mins |
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The Weekender, January 9th, 2010Calls to male abuse victims centre soar - Massive increase in calls to Meath Centre. By Niamh Cahill. |
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The Irish Times - Thursday, January 7, 2010'Psychological violence' to be offence - THE FRENCH government is considering the introduction of a law to punish those who repeatedly insult or threaten their spouse or partner. by RUADHAN Mac CORMAIC. |
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Amen Press Release, Wednesday, December 23th, 2009Being a Father at Christmas - One group that faces stress and strain during the festive period are separated and unmarried fathers. |
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The Daily Telegraph, Monday, December 07, 2009'Barbaric' family courts behind 'state sponsored kidnap' - Bob Geldof - The singer and anti-poverty campaigner described the current child custody laws as "barbaric and abusive" and dismissed the system as a "disgraceful mess". |
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The Kildare Nationalist, Friday, December 4, 2009Men can be victims of demestic violence too - by Noel O'Driscoll of the Kildare Nationalist newspaper. |
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Irish Times Monday, December 14, 2009Implications of judgment on fathers' rights may be far-reaching - Recent European Court of Human Rights judgment on the rights of an unmarried father may have far-reaching implications for Ireland. |
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Irish Times Monday, December 7, 2009Rights-based approach to child law now widespread - Over the last 20 years, international family law has come to play an increasing part in Irish law. By URSULA KILKELLY. |
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Irish Times Monday, December 7, 2009Family rights of unmarried father violated in German courts - The court found a violation in the case of a father who was denied a judicial review of a court decision that he could not obtain a joint custody order without the consent of the mother. |
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www.onlineopinion.com.au - November 27, 2009Australia: One in three victims of family violence is male - According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, more than 435,000 men have experienced violence from their current or previous partner since the age of 15. By Greg Andresen. |
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Irish Times - November 24, 2009Call to clarify child access after divorce - Many grandparents want a clearer understanding of what access they would have to their grandchildren should their children separate or get divorced. |
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Irish Times - November 23, 2009Couples delaying separation due to credit crisis - FEWER FAMILY law cases are coming to the High Court because of the financial crisis, according to leading family law barrister Gerry Durcan SC. |
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Irish Times - November 20, 2009Child to go to Australia for domiciliary ruling - AN IRISHWOMAN who married an Australian and had a child by him there must return the child to Australia to allow courts there to determine where the child should live. |
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Sky News Online - November 9th, 2009Surge In Claims Of Child Sex Abuse By Women - New research reveals the helpline experienced a 132% rise in complaints of female sexual assaults over the period, compared with a 27% increase in reports of abuse by men. |
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The Weekender - November 7th, 2009Celebration of work of Ireland's volunteers - Meath women chosen for national honours. |
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The Irish Examiner - November 4th, 2009Barnardos: Huge instance of children suffering bullying and domestic abuse - By Jennifer Hough |
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Amen Awarness Campaign - PicturesA selection of images from our recent awareness campaign |
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The Irish Times - November 2, 2009Register of guardians' agreements found not necessary - The absence of a public register of guardianship agreements between the unmarried parents of their children did not violate the constitutional rights of such children. |
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The Irish Times - October 12, 2009Court finds objective bias in family law hearing - A family law litigant had a reasonable apprehension that a Circuit Court judge had already determined his case prior to the conclusion of the evidence, and was entitled to have the case heard by another judge. |
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www.examiner.com - October 1st 2009Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2009 - India - India is observing "Domestic Violence Awareness Month" for the first time this year to make it an International event for all men's rights and fathers' rights groups across the world. By Trudy Schuett |
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The Irish Times - September 29 2009Campaign for male victims of domestic abuse - The second annual Domestic Violence Against Men Awareness Week, organised by Amen. By Fiona Gartland |
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The Irish Times - September 29 2009Demand for legal aid up 18% due to economic downturn - By CAROL COULTER, Legal Affairs Editor |
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The Daily Mail - September 24 2009Why I loathe feminism... and believe it will ultimately destroy the family - By ERIN PIZZEY. (External link) |
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The Irish Times - September 22 2009Initiative from Accord to help couples affected by recession - By PAUL CULLEN |
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Sunday Independent - September 20 2009John and Eamon need to walk out that door - By Eilis O'Hanlon |
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Sunday Independent - September 20 2009Dear Patricia: Hurt by her disdain now I'm jobless - letters to the Sunday Independent. |
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The Evening Herald - Saturday, September 12, 2009A move in the right direction for unmarried fathers - The Law Reform Commission's proposals to give fathers and grandparents greater rights. Report by Padraig O'Morain. |
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Irish Times - Friday, September 11, 2009Unmarried fathers just want equality - The LRC has retreated from its proposal of 27 years ago that guardianship be extended to all fathers as of right. Opinion by JOHN WATERS. |
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Irish Times - Thursday, September 10, 2009Changes in unmarried fathers' rights mooted - FAR-REACHING CHANGES in the law relating to the rights of non-marital fathers are discussed in a consultation paper from the Law Reform Commission. Report by CAROL COULTER. |
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Irish Examiner - Wednesday, September 9, 2009Law Reform Commission says unmarried fathers should have guardianship rights to their children - report by Ed Carty. |
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Student thanks Amen, August, 2009Garda student thanks Amen - for a recent lecture given by an Amen volunteer in the Garda college, Templemore. |
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Woman's Way - Tuesday, 11 August, 2009Men can be Victims too - Woman's Way looks at how domestic abuse can affect men, by Aine Toner. |
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The Irish Catholic - Tuesday, 6 August, 2009Men Suffering in Silence (PDF download) - Domestic abuse against men remains a lesser known part of what goes on behind closed doors. One service stands alone in raising awareness and offering support to men who suffer abuse in the home. Mags Gargan reports. |
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Metro Eireann - Tuesday, 30 July, 2009The Other Victims - Domestic violence against men in Ireland is on the increase - and eastern Europeans and Africans are among those most affected by abuse. By Catherine Reilly |
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Irish Times - Wednesday, 29 July, 2009Woman ordered to pay €2.14m to former husband - by Mary Carolan |
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The Sunday Times - Sunday, 26 July, 2009Rise in teen girl bullies hits Ireland - Experts say equal society and ladette culture may be to blame for confusing role models. |
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Irish Times - Thursday, 14 July, 2009McAleese urges vigilance to eradicate domestic abuse - by Patsy McGarry |
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Irish Times - Thursday, 14 July, 2009Managing conflicts and negative emotions - by John Sharry |
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Irish Times - Thursday, 14 July, 2009When anger takes overfirst of a three-part series on how to maintain emotionally intelligent relationships, by John Sharry |
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Irish Times - Thursday, 2 July, 2009Divorce laws are 'shambolic' - Shatter |
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Irish Times - John Waters - Friday, 26 June, 2009It remains acceptable to criminalise ex-husbands |
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RTE News - Friday, 26 June, 200923,000 suffer from elder abuse - report |
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Irish Times - Monday, 22 June, 2009Ruling may undermine orders to pay family maintenance |
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Amen win Community AwardAmen win Community Award |
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Amen Awareness CampaignAmen Awareness Campaign |
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Invitation to participate in studyto investigate personality characteristics of men who have experienced any emotional/physical aggression from their female partners.The Abused Men |
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Judge JudyYouTube - TV Courtroom Show |
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Irish Times - Friday, 29 May, 2009Reporting of family law cases may be possible |
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Irish Times - Friday, 29 May, 2009Cautious moves to open up family law hearings |
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Sunday Independent - 24 May, 2009Men, don't suffer abuse in silence |
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Washington Times - Editorial - Monday, 19 May, 2009Anti-Dad bias |
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Sunday Times - 10 May, 2009Mum jailed for telling son she loves him |
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Irish Daily Mail- Wednesday, 15 April, 2009Fathers 'can't be forced to sign birth certificates' |
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Irish Times - Letters (responses to column below) - Tuesday, 7 April, 2009Perspectives on Family Law |
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Irish Times - Friday, 3 April, 2009Empathy spurs my writings on family law |
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The Irish Catholic - Thursday, 2 April, 2009The importance of fathers |
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Sunday Tribune - 29 March, 2009Mother sentenced to two months over custody battle |
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Irish Times - Friday, 27 March, 2009New book examines workings of family law courts and recommends improvements |
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Sunday Independent - 22 March, 2009My divorced lover is busy with his children |
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Evening Herald - Thursday, 19 March, 2009Divorced couples cannot move out |
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The Independent (UK) - Letters - 17 March, 2009Social workers seek order stopping man from harassing them |
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Irish Times - Saturday, 7 March, 2009Woman loses court action to get annulment |
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Irish Times - Saturday, 7 March, 2009Inside the family courts |
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Irish Times - Friday, 6 March, 2009Surprised to feel at home at Equality Authority |
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Press Release - 27 February, 2009New Website launched for Irish dads and dads-to-be |
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Sunday Independent - 15 February, 2009Bitter land feud behind wrongful sexual assault conviction |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 10 February, 2009Woman admits she made up sex assault allegations |
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Sunday Independent - 18 January, 2009Good Samaritan needs law's help in cases of abuse |
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Alive - January, 2009Absence of fathers 'biggest problem' for society today |
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Irish Times - Friday, 14 November, 2008Society launches code of practice for family law |
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Irish Times - Law Matters - Monday, 13 October, 2008Protection orders found to be constitutional |
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Irish Times - Law Matters - Monday, 13 October, 2008Protection orders found to be constitutionalThe full text of this judgment is here. |
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Irish Times - Monday, 13 October, 2008Girls becoming more abusive and aggressive, say parents |
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Irish Independent - Friday, 03 October, 2008What happens when the victim of domestic violence is a man? |
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Irish Independent - Thursday, 02 October, 2008President calls for new debate on domestic violence |
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Aras an Uachtaráin, Phoenix Park, Wednesday 1st October 2008Remarks by President McAleese at Forum on Domestic Violence |
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Press Release - Friday, 26 September, 2008Come Forward -- Speak Out |
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Irish Times - Thursday, 18 September, 2008New rules will speed up family law cases in Circuit Court - Ahern |
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Irish Independent - Tuesday, 12 August, 2008A bird in the hand Legal aid on call |
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Irish Times - Friday, 18 April, 2008Same-sex parenting is crying out for legislative reform |
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Irish Times - Opinion - Friday, 18 April, 2008Drunk with hubris, have we reinvented wheel of life? |
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Sunday Independent - 02 March, 2008Punishment is now a dirty word |
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Sunday Independent - 03 February, 2008Why do men find it so hard to admit they are being abused by their partners? |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 22 January, 2008Teenage angst for dads |
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Irish Times - Friday, 18 January, 2008Barristers to provide fee estimates from March under new ruling |
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Irish Examiner - Letters - Friday, 21 December, 2007Lonely days for fathers cut off from children |
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Press Release - Tuesday, 18 December, 2007Fathers at Christmas |
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Irish Independent - Letters - Tuesday, 18 December, 2007Reporting vital on male victims |
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Irish Independent - Tuesday, 18 December, 2007Unmarried father wins battle to have his children returned from UK |
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Irish Times - Opinion - Monday, 17 December, 2007Are men victims of domestic violence to the same extent as women? |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 11 December, 2007Home violence 'affects 25%' of men |
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Sunday Independent - 02 December, 2007Alienated by sisters who simply won't listen |
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Irish Times - Health Supplement - Tuesday, 23 October, 2007Mum's not the only word |
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Irish Examiner - Letters - Tuesday, 23 October, 2007Funding Imbalance |
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Irish Examiner - Letters - Wednesday, 17 October, 2007Gender Inequality |
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Psychiatry News - 3rd August, 2007Men Shouldn't Be Overlooked as Victims of Partner Violence - By Joan Arehart-Treichel |
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Irish Times - Thursday, 21 June, 2007'Collaborative law' gives families less traumatic results |
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Irish Independent - Tuesday, 19 June, 2007Many men taking risks over pregnancy and infections |
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Irish Independent - Tuesday, 19 June, 2007Dad in bid to stop ex-partner taking daughter abroad |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 19 June, 2007Earlier sex education call |
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Irish Examiner - Tuesday, 19 June, 2007Young men unaware of sexual risks |
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Sunday Independent - 17 June, 2007Man sues State over 'false' evidence he was abusing son |
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Irish Times - Wednesday, 13 June, 2007Barnardos wants bigger role for separated fathers |
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Sunday Independent - 6 May, 2007Women's Council badly needs some joined-up thinking |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Thursday, 01 March, 2007The truth about out-of-court settlements |
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Irish Times - HEALTH - Tuesday, 27 February, 2007Yes, fathers do still matter |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Monday, 29 January, 2007Domestic violence is not a gender issue |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - Wednesday, 24 January, 2007Lawyers and Marital Breakdown |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Wednesday, 24 January, 2007Blaming the men: Labour stance on domestic violence challenged |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Tuesday, 23 January, 2007Male victims still await fair share of resources |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Tuesday, 16 January, 2007Domestic violence campaign vilifies men |
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Irish Times - Monday, 15 January, 2007Irish Times Report finds 66% of Irish people want EU to act in divorce cases |
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Evening Herald - Friday, 12 January, 2007When men are victims |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Friday, 12 January, 2007Legal advert exposes opportunistic system |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 09 January, 2007Where sexual abuse is still taboo |
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Irish Times - Monday, 08 January, 2007Gardaí find knife linked to Cork death of Uzbek man |
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Irish Independent - Monday, 08 January, 2007Solicitors may face music on 'tasteless' advert |
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Sunday Independent - Letters - 07 January, 2007FG senator calls for review of our no-fault divorce laws |
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Irish Independent - LETTERS - Tuesday, 02 January, 2007Neglecting the abused men |
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Irish Independent - Saturday, 30 December, 2006Campaign is male bashing |
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Irish Independent - Monday, 18 December, 2006Abusers and wife beaters? |
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Irish Times - Monday, 18 December, 2006Prenuptial pacts not without some value |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS -Tuesday, 12 December, 2006Selective approach to domestic violence |
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Donegal News - Monday, 04 December, 2006Donegal's lone fathers face prejudice in community - study |
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UK Independent - LETTERS - Saturday, 02 December, 2006When blaming the 'feckless father' can harm the children |
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Seanad Debate on Domestic Violence - Wednesday, 29 November, 2006SeanadDebate.doc (180K) |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - Tuesday, 28 November, 2006Plight of older separated men |
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Irish Examiner - Friday, 24 November, 2006Male and Female victims' domestic violence |
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Irish Independent - LETTERS - Saturday, 18 November, 2006Children of the unmarried |
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Daily Mail - Friday, 17 November, 2006Fury as judge blames women for a glut of false allegations |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Monday, 30 October, 2006Not even a statistic: Why were male victims left out of equation? |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Monday, 30 October, 2006Sexist image of domestic violence: men are guilty until proven innocent |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Monday, 30 October, 2006A hard day's night for men abused by women |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - Thursday, 26 October, 2006Prenuptial deals better than family law system |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Thursday, 26 October, 2006Prenuptial deals better than family law system |
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Independent - Friday, 13 October, 2006Family law remains secret |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - Tuesday, 05 October, 2006Plight of separated fathers |
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Daily Mail - Wednesday, 04 October, 2006How marriage causes violence, by the Church |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 03 October, 2006Alleycat Couple |
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Daily Mail - Monday, 02 October, 2006Outcry as clergy say calling God 'He' or 'Lord' encourages wife-beating |
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Daily Mail - Tuesday, 19 September, 2006Domestic violence on males 'ignored' |
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Irish Independent - Monday, 18 September, 2006Male victims of violence get 'pittance' in support |
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Irish Independent - Monday, 18 September, 2006Top garda who knows all about domestic abuse |
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Sunday Independent - Letters - 17 September, 2006Our family life marred as drink-fueled mum attacked dad |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Friday, 15 September, 2006Domestic violence: no help for male victims |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 12 September, 2006Rise in reports of domestic violence against men |
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Sunday Business Post - 20 August, 2006Access denied |
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Sunday Business Post - 13 August, 2006Tape of alleged racial abuse is admissible in case |
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Evening Herald - Wednesday, 9 August, 2006JUSTICE MUST BE SEEN TO BE DONE - FOR THE SAKE OF LOVING DADS |
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Dorset Daily Echo - Tuesday, 18 July, 2006Help at hand for male domestic abuse victims |
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The Times - Wednesday, 28 June, 2006Children's right to anonymity ended for family courts |
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Sunday Independent - Life - 18 June, 2006Domestic Violence against men |
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Spiked - Thursday, 15 June, 2006Doctors cannot stop domestic violence |
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National Post, Canada - Wednesday, 14 June, 2006Welcome to the matriarchy |
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National Post, Canada - Wednesday, 14 June, 2006Domestic violence isn't one-sided |
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Evening Herald - Monday, 12 June, 2006Depressed men suffer in silence |
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Daily Mail - Wednesday, 29 May, 2006Conduct in court |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 23 May, 2006My Working Day |
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Irish Times - Wednesday, 17 May, 2006A new era in family law |
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Irish Independent - Wednesday, 17 May, 200620,000 children at risk of not knowing their dads |
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Washington Times - Friday, 12 May, 2006Family violence soars |
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Americus Times-Recorder - Friday, 05 May, 2006Jury acquits Rucker Smith |
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Sunday Tribune - LETTERS - 01 May, 2006'With half my worldly goods I thee endow'. . . |
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Sunday Tribune - LETTERS - 16 April, 2006Braiden's position on Board of the Court Service is an affront |
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Sunday Independent - LETTERS - 09 April, 2006Dear Sir |
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NewsWithViews.com - 09 April, 2006Child Support Gold-Diggers |
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Sunday Independent - 02 April, 2006The heartache of a loving granny frozen out by son's marriage split |
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Irish Times - Friday, 31 March, 2006Letter from Amen to Amnesty conference delegates |
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Sunday Independent - 26 March, 2006I'm sick with worry for my granddaughter's safety |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 14 March, 2006An Irishman's Diary |
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Examiner - Monday, 20 February, 2006Surprising omission on domestic violence |
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Irish Times - Wednesday, 08 February, 2006Father wins costs in medical records case |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - 16-25 January, 2006Funding for domestic violence |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Wednesday, 25 January, 2006O'Reilly 'wrong to refuse access to records' |
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Irish Times - Wednesday, 25 January, 2006Information officer erred in denying father access to records |
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Irish Times - LETTERS -- Wednesday, 25 January, 2006Funding for violence victims |
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Sunday Times - 22 January, 2006No room for fathers’ rights in constitution |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - Friday, 20 January, 2006Rights of fathers in family law |
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Irish Times - An Irishman's Diary - Monday, 16 January, 2006Silence hides this injustice |
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Irish Times - An Irishman's Diary - Monday, 16 January, 2006Silence hides this injustice - John Waters |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - Monday, 16 January, 2006Lack of support for male victims of violence |
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Sunday Times - 10 January, 2006Study finds one in three are victims of domestic violence |
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Sunday Independent - 27 November, 2005One-size feminism can't be designed to fit all |
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Irish Independent - Saturday, 26 November, 2005Divorce is just no big deal in Ireland any more |
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UK Times - Thursday, 17 November, 2005Blair orders abolition of failing child support body |
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Independent UK - Sunday, 13 November, 2005Record numbers of men are being hit by their stressed-out wives and girlfriends'I went frantic, punching him' |
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Irish Independent - Saturday, 12 November, 2005Judge turns his anger on 'black widows' |
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Irish Examiner - Friday, 11 November, 2005Constitution 'inconsistent' with life |
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Irish Independent - Thursday, 10 November, 2005It's better that parents be family-friendly than alone |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Wednesday, 09 November, 2005EastEnders stars strike a blow for male victims |
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Irish Independent - Wednesday, 09 November, 2005Wife murders husband in new attack |
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Irish Examiner - Tuesday, 08 November, 2005Pharmacy chain to offer 'men's NCTs' |
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Irish Examiner - Tuesday, 08 November, 2005Actors' stories inspire callers |
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Irish Times - OPINION - Monday, 07 November, 2005Double standards on violence |
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Irish Independent - Monday, 07 November, 2005Are men dying of fear? |
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Irish Independent - Monday, 07 November, 2005EastEnder a-genders |
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Sunday Times UK - 06 November, 2005The female ninjas are stirring |
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Sunday Independent - 06 November, 2005Media, hypocrisy and the dark side of the Sun |
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Daily Mirror - Friday, 04 November, 2005TROUBLE 'N STRIFE |
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Daily Star - Friday, 04 November, 2005The Bruise Brothers |
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Amen Press Release - Friday, 04 November, 2005Media coverage of male victims of domestic violence |
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Sunday Times UK - 23 October, 2005Feminists trip up on man tax |
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Irish Times - Monday, 17 October, 2005How State usurps role of fathers |
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Irish Independent - LETTERS - Monday, 17 October, 2005The price of separation |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Monday, 17 October, 2005Cowardly stance of our henpecked rulers |
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Irish Times - Saturday, 15 October, 2005Most children thrive in a stable marriage |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - Monday, 10 October, 2005Domestic Violence and Gender |
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Edmonton Journal Sunday, 09 October, 2005Abuse Against Men Ignored |
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Amen response - Wednesday, 27 July, 2005To Margaret Martin Letter |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - Thursday, 21 July, 2005Gender and Violence: Margaret Martin |
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Irish Times - OPINION - Monday, 18 July, 2005Two sides to domestic violence |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Monday, 18 July, 2005Feminist line on home violence rejected |
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Amen response - Wednesday, 13 July, 2005To Seán Love article |
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Irish Times - Tuesday, 12 July, 2005Ending secrecy is a good beginning |
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Irish Times - OPINION - Tuesday, 12 July, 2005Save your anger for perpetrators of abuse |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Saturday, 9 July, 2005Domestic violence: the truth is out |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Thursday, 7 July, 2005Amnesty ignores men abused by women |
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Irish Independent - Wednesday, 6 July, 200515pc of women severely abused by their partners |
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Irish Examiner - Wednesday, 6 July, 200515% of women and 6% of men 'severely abused by partner' |
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Irish Times - OPINION - Monday, 4 July, 2005Amnesty surrenders credibility |
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Irish Independent - LETTERS - Thursday, 30 June, 2005One-quarter of women victims of sex abuse, says Amnesty |
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Amen View - Wednesday, 29 June, 2005Amnesty's anti-man campaign |
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Irish Times - Monday, 27 June, 2005Violence and women |
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Irish Examiner - LETTERS - Saturday, 25 June, 2005Male crime victims also need support |
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Irish Times - LETTERS - 19 June, 2005Amnesty, Violence and Gender |
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Wednesday, 15 December, 2004Landmark High Court ruling: Father can access daughter's hospital files (140K PDF) |
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Wednesday, 09 October, 2002Landmark Supreme Court ruling: Interim Barring Orders are unconstitutional |
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