First fathers day with out my dad. Miss him lots. Best role model I ever had. Love and miss you dad

Of course it is. He’s me Da and I love him.

I got a card made for me. Does that satisfy all you sad anti-Hallmark cynics?

Any dick can be a father but it takes a great man to be a dad!!! Happy fathers day daddy xxx

I agree with the person who said anyone can be a father , but it takes a man to be a Dad .My Dad died 19 years ago and I miss him everyday , I have 3 children and they adore their Dad he is a great man too , So you should cherish your Dad while you have him :))

Hard to believe so many people don’t think it’s appropriate to show a bit of respect for the person that gave you life and raised you. I’m bringing himself down the road now for a pint of the black stuff and a bit of lunch.

I think it’s important. It’s not something to go overboard about and it’s not about extravagent presents and throwing money about. But a day just to thank your Dad for being a great Dad and recognising all he’s done, I think that’s important.

I know people say that’s something we should be doing all year round, but the sad fact of the matter is, we don’t.

Everyone has a busy life, people have jobs, or are looking for jobs, families of their own, life just gets in the way sometimes and parents get taken for granted.

I see Father’s Day as a reminder to be thankful for my Dad – it’s not the only day you should tell him you love and appreciate him, but it is one of them.

It doesn’t cost much to buy a card, make a phone call, to say thanks to your dad! Happy fathers day Dad!

Phew! This article just reminded me to give my dad a quick call, thanks!

It’s how you behave the other 364 days that count not just a card.

ITS GREAT TO GET BEST WISHES ON FATHERS DAY FROM YOUR CHILDREN THEN YOU WILL KNOW HOW MANY YOU HAVE

I woke up this morning being given a happy fathers day card written in Spanish. Not being Spanish, I was a little confused but it being so beautifully designed, I was not suspicious at all. Shortly afterwards, I was informed with a slightly guilty look, that there were presents for me. Being engrossed in the sundry papers, I almost didn’t notice the statement that I had gotten presents on fathers day. Shortly afterwards. I said why would I be getting presents on fathers day, when it’s only two weeks, or so since my birthday?. More guilty looks. At this my interest piqued. Well, what exactly are these presents?. Yet more guilty looks, combined with knowing smiles. Then the reveal. Not even wrapped. Just hidden under the Sunday supplements. The shock, the confusion, the bewilderment and ultimately the dawning sense of, I should have known. A multi purpose power tool, capable of sawing one inch off of the bottom of thirty six feet of skirting board in our hallway, so as to allow the installation of the wooden floor that has remained ” in storage ” for about three years. To add to my obvious pleasure, I was also given the “presents”, of knee pads and eye safety goggles. A younger version of myself, might now be found perusing the pages of Argos trying to plot revenge, by buying an ironing board for mothers day. But age, and a certain amount of wisdom, tells me that some battles are worth fighting and others are best fought by delivering a bunch of flowers on mothers day.

Hmmm.. Something wrong with your pie chart; 100%” i dont know” when I definitely voted yes!

As a father I think it’s a load of Hallmark sh1te.

I completely forgot about fathers day! So I think that sums it up for me.. But anyway he is hungover in bed so I have time. Any ideas?

The recent conference on Ageism in Dublin Castle hosted by the Equality Authority caused me some concerns, apart from the very obvious omission of any elderly person in any of the press photos.
Just how does it serve the interests of any marginal group (in this case, our senior citizens), for the Equality Authority to trot out a cabal of rugby schooled, black suited, “expert” members of the social elite, to indulge in a charade of reciprocal back patting in a stage managed attempt to validate each other’s sense of importance and justify each other’s funding?
It’s all theatre, an expensive production of the Emperor’s New Clothes, for the suckers in the cheap seats!
Every time I attended one of these Equality Authority events, there were always 2 signers at the front of the podium, yet I have never encountered a deaf person in attendance, I had a keen interest in this at the time because although I have a minor hearing problem I am unable to sign. On one occasion I asked how many people with hearing difficulties were present. There were none, apart from myself. Yet, instead of taking a break from the futile charade, the signers continued on with evangelical vigour. Thus proving that “the game” of window dressing must be played out, and “the show” must go on.
I now work with people in the autumn of their years and I can honestly say that although the lack of availability of opportunity, and restricted access to services, (including health insurance), can be an issue for some of them, the issue of grandparents being cut off from their sons’ children after separation or divorce, is far more undermining, more immediate and a more painful one for many, many more of them. They feel isolated, frustrated and helpless. There is no support for grandparents who find themselves in this heart breaking situation.
I am now at an age when I could justifiably claim to be “a victim” of ageism. However, the cold, ever present, dull pain of injustice and discrimination I experienced as a man and a father nearly two decades ago has never gone away and probably never will.
Will we ever see the Equality Authority even acknowledge that men, in general, and fathers, in particular, have been at best, poorly served, and at worst, deliberately targeted and discriminated against, humiliated and asset stripped by the judiciary, and the legal profession, frustrated by social services and demonised by the media over the last 30 years?
Why then is it that this chapter of Irish Father’s experience is viewed as a politically incorrect hot potato to be avoided, ignored and buried?
Will the Equality Authority ever share our view that access to fairness and justice for Irish fathers is not a gender rights issue, it is a human rights issue?
Can they put political correctness, and the fear of a feminist backlash, to one side long enough to at least admit that fathers who have been plundered might just have a legitimate grievance?
Or, to ask the question in a way they might understand…. What kind of signers should we engage for you to hear our voices?

Sean Kelly
Tallanstown Co Louth

Mothers day is a special day for me. I think my husband should get his fathers day too. We’re both very sentimental people so these things mean a lot to us.

Science has spoken on the subject:

http://www.livescience.com/20997-science-fatherhood-fathers-day.html

along with mothers day and valentines its completely pointless. fathers have birthdays buy them a card then

Fathers and Mothers day is your birthday as that is the day they start parenting you.

Course it is, same with Mother’s Day but…..there should be a daughters day :P

I agree with Tom Curtis
J.G.F.

This article must be fake. We all know Sinead O’Carroll is a serious reporter, not afraid to tackle difficult issues. This article was put here by some mischievous lamebrain with nothing better to do with their time. Can’t fool us !! eh Sinead ???

Offically the most rediculious worthless article ever seen on the journel !!