Demo, THE SEA OF SANTA’S

PRESS RELEASE


UNMARRIED AND SEPARATED FATHERS/FAMILIES OF IRELAND

ANNUAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN



WHEN: SUNDAY 20TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2009 @ 12:30
WHERE: MEETING AT DOLPHIN HOUSE DUBLIN FAMILY LAW COURT
AND PARADING TO O CONNELL BRIDGE



WHY:
TO CAMPAIGN FOR FATHERS WHO WILL NOT GET To
SEE THEIR CHILDREN THIS CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF FAMILY
BREAKDOWN AND TO COMEMORATE THOSE 6 OF OUR
MEMBERS WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR OWN LIFE BECAUSE THE
FAMILY LAW SYSTEM IN IRELAND HAS FAILED THEM BOTH
AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY
ALLOWING HEARSAY EVIDENCE IN COURT TO ENSURE
CHILDREN DO NOT GET TO SEE THEIR REAL HERO THIS
CHRISTMAS, THEIR FATHER



HOW:
EACH MEMBER WILL DRESS UP AS SANTA CLAUS AND WILL
PEACEFULLY MARCH WITH BANNERS SUCH AS ‘PUT THE
FATHER BACK INTO FATHER CHRISTMAS’. BASED ON
PREVIOUS YEARS AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN COME OUT TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT. WHEN THE
MARCH ENDS AT O CONNELL BRIDGE WE WILL HAVE A ONE
MINUTE SILENCE AS WE DROP 6 CHRISTMAS WREATHS INTO
THE RIVER LIFFEY TO COMMEMORATE OUR 6 FALLEN
FATHERS WHO SIMPLY COULD NOT GO THROUGH ANOTHER
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THEIR CHILDREN.



HELP:
WE AS A NATIONAL ORGANISATION ARE CALLING ON ALL OF
THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL MEDIA TO COVER THIS EVENT
AND ASSIST US TO HIGHLIGHT THE TRAUMA BROKEN
FAMILIES GO THROUGH AT CHRISTMAS TIME, AND TO SEND A
MESSAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LETS MAKE THIS
CHRISTMAS ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND GIVE THEM THE
RIGHT TO SPEND THEIR MOST EXCITING PART OF THE YEAR
WITH BOTH PARENTS EVEN IF IT HAS TO SEPARATELY.



INFO:
PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR Mr. Ray Kelly 0868879444 ray@usfi.ie This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need java-script enabled to view it