Fathers4Justice campaigner explains why he stormed Rose of Tralee stage

The man who sparked national headlines by storming the stage at Monday's Rose of Tralee says he did so to highlight the inequality and lack of rights facing fathers and fathers-to-be and to break the wall of silence surrounding an issue he believes should be a national scandal.

In an opinion piece for the Irish Examiner the founder of Fathers4Justice, Matt O'Connor, said his protest was against the inequality facing men and fathers in the family courts, the stigma attached to many men following family breakdowns and the unfair nature of the existing child support system.