A demonstration is taking place outside Mountjoy prison against the jailing of a man for failing to pay child support.

The Unmarried Fathers of Ireland group is threatening to cause travel chaos tomorrow with a blockade of the M50 motorway around Dublin in protest at the jailing of a man who allegedly didn't pay his child maintainence.

A group representing Irish fathers seeking greater access to their children is due to begin a four-day protest outside the United Nations offices in Geneva today.

A number of groups have mounted protests outside the Dáil in advance of an address to TDs later today by Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

A fathers' rights group has criticised proposed new legislation that would see absent fathers have money taken from their wages to pay child support.

THE plight of unmarried and separated fathers has not changed since the time the hit film Evelyn was set — some 50 years ago.

An estimated 200 people are protesting in Dublin this afternoon over the denial of access rights to children by fathers.

A man is entering day 10 of a hunger strike outside the Family Law Courts in Dublin.

The Unmarried Fathers of Ireland, which is running three candidates in Dublin, has launched its election manifesto this afternoon.

Single fathers will march on the Four Courts in Dublin today to demand more rights of access to their children.

The group Unmarried Fathers of Ireland (UFI) is to mount a protest outside the Dail at noon today to highlight what they say is discrimination in Irish law against male parents.