Single fathers' rights - Appraisal of custody law long overdue
Although the ultimate responsibility to change the relevant legislation lies with Justice Minister Michael McDowell, Mr Brennan has quite rightly brought a focus on an area of family law which is in need of rehabilitation.
What he has prompted in an interview with the Irish Examiner is the concept of equal rights for single fathers, which single mothers already have enshrined for them under the 1964 Guardianship of Infants Act.