Men want to be dads to their children but mums standing in way

Cllr. Noel Collins probably thinks that father-bashing will enhance his public image, judging by his letter, which was headed “Government should go after absent fathers” (Irish Examiner, July 20). 

If he is concerned about the absence of fathers in so many children’s lives, he should address the reasons why:

In some cases, the men are not aware that they are fathers and, in other cases, they are deliberately excluded by their children’s mothers, who are aided and abetted by the political establishment and the institutions of State.