Lonely days for fathers cut off from children

CHRISTMAS can be a very lonely time for some fathers and children, many of whom will not see each other over the festive period.

The Amen helpline is once again being inundated with calls from men who have been forced to leave their homes and are cut off from their children.

The Government has enacted legislation on marriage breakdown which invariably results in men losing the right to reside in their own homes through no fault of their own.