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My view of Education grounded in Article 42 of the Irish Constitution is very simple i.e. by striving to remove the barriers, both real and perceived, that exist for fathers, in terms of their involvement with childcare and the educational development of their children.

"If the answer is that society accepts the value of a fathers input and the evidence from teachers that schoolchildren are often bereft of male role models for much of their youth, then surely, one of the objectives and consequential strategies of the education process should be the facilitation and encouragement of fathers to increase their engagement with and involvement in the education of their children. "
Quote from Liam O Gogain at the forum on Education in Dundalk on 2nd March 2004. Further material available in related links section to the left.