THE Supreme Court decision which found that the information commissioner was wrong to refuse a father access to his daughter’s hospital medical records will be welcomed by all who support parents in matters affecting the welfare of their children.

THE recent study of domestic violence among patients attending a Galway city practice once again shows that many men are victims, too.

THE National Crime Council (NCC), in association with the ESRI, recently published the first large-scale study of the nature, extent and impact of domestic abuse against women and men in intimate partner relationships.

THE Government is again ignoring the rights of unmarried fathers by refusing to register the appointment of unmarried fathers as guardians of their children.