This week’s episode of How to Fall Apart, the Support Series, sponsored by Dunnes Stores is about single parents. Guests spoke about how to manage the issues facing single parents including loneliness, financial fears, and co-parenting challenges, and also how single parents might be in some ways uniquely equipped to deal with certain aspects of … Read more
Guidelines for Access during COVID-19 Guidelines have been issued to assist parents and practitioners in relation to access, in light of the restrictions brought in to tackle Covid-19. These guidelines reflect the position of the Department of Justice and Equality, issued by Minister Charlie Flanagan yesterday, and endorse the practice direction of the President of … Read more
Challenges for Shared parenting During COVID-19 Sir,– In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, Treoir, the National Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents and their Children, has received a greatly increased number of calls from unmarried parents about access and custody orders in the wake of social distancing recommendations by the HSE. In the last … Read more
About this page Social Protection Information Family Law During Covid19 Domestic Violence Services Shared Parenting, Access and Custody Birth Registrations Supports for parents Housing Information Our information service remains fully operational Our information service remains open but as a response to COVID-19 recommendations to the public, we have suspended our drop-in service. For now and … Read more
Treoir’s Election Manifesto 2020 Treoir have released our Election Manifesto. Our priority areas include: Access to Justice Reform of the Family Law System Childcare Housing Read our manifesto below and please do share this amongst your colleagues. Treoir Election Manifesto 2020 Thank you Treoir
Treoir Announces lunchtime opening of the National Information Service To support parents who may only have their lunch hour to make personal calls, Treoir is piloting lunch time opening hours until the end of April 2020. Our Information Service for unmarried parents will now be open from 10 am to 4pm Monday to Friday. Treoir … Read more
5 March 2019 Treoir, the National Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents and their Children today called on the Minister for Justice and Equality to extend guardianship rights to all fathers and to ensure the National Mediation Service is properly resourced. Speaking at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality on … Read more
Treoir, the National Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents and their Children welcomes the opportunity to address the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality on reform of the family law system. Treoir unites its members to work together to improve the lives of unmarried parents and their children. We advocate for changes to the … Read more
CEO Damien Peelo on Shared Parenting TREOIR CEO Damien Peelo talks to Ivan Yates’ ‘the Hard Shoulder’ on 7th December regarding maintenance payments, lone parent poverty, shared parenting and a child centred approach to solving issues in parenting and alleviating poverty. Listen here: Damien Peelo on Ivan Yates – the Hard Shoulder – Part 1
3rd December 2018 On Monday 3rd December the Treoir report “An Examination of the Barriers to Shared Parenting Experienced by Unmarried Fathers”. was launched by Deputy Anne Rabbitte. The event was attended by many community organisations, TUSLA, Barnardos, One Family, HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme, and family centred organisation. Thanks to everyone who … Read more