Lack of access to his son drives man to hunger strike

A LIMERICK man has begun weekly 48 hour fasts outside City Hall to highlight the lack of access separated fathers have to their children.

Engineer, Bill Kelly said he will continue his protest indefinitely and will fast from 9pm on Wednesday to 9pm on Friday each week using his car for shelter.

Mr Kelly recently separated from his partner with whom he has a ten month old son and since the break up, he said he has been given five and a half hours access a week to the boy.