Organisation: One Parent Exchange Network

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Calls to use DNA tests to track runaway fathers

DNA testing should be used to track runaway dads who dodge financial responsibilities for their offspring, a noted academic has said.

Government challenged to sign rights protocol

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Call for public role in health

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Outdated abuse legislation ‘putting unmarried parents at risk’

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Minister backs new reforms to banish poverty

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Minister: work offers needed for lone parents

Lone parents ‘falling down housing list’

ALMOST half of households on local authority housing waiting lists throughout the country are headed by a lone parent.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2005

Vulnerable must be protected

The Government must urgently address a report that states cash-strapped lone parents are being forced into the clutches of moneylenders because they are having trouble opening bank accounts.

Tue, 17 May, 2005

Lone parents forced to use moneylenders’

Evelyn Ring

Tue, 17 May, 2005

Brennan seeks talks with lenders who target lone parents

Social and Family Affairs Minister Seamus Brennan has indicated that he is about to get tough with banks and other institutions that target lone parents with predatory money-lending practices.

Mon, 16 May, 2005

Single parents paying up to 200% interest to moneylenders

A study commissioned by the One Parent Exchange Network (Open) has reportedly found that single parents are being targeted by money-lenders charging interest of up to 200%.

Mon, 16 May, 2005

Number of teen mothers 'same as 30 years ago'

THE number of teenage mothers is no greater than it was 30 years ago, a campaign group for single parents said yesterday.

Fri, 28 Jan, 2005