Travellers

‘Persistent racism and discrimination’ against Travellers and Roma in Irish society, says Council of Europe commissioner

Michael O’Flaherty of the Council of Europe says ‘casual racism’ towards Travellers and Roma is ‘so deep we are not even fully aware of the extent to which it affects how we act’

The second-year law student at University of Galway on discrimination she has faced as a Traveller and how education became her refuge

Missie Collins and 15 other Traveller women visited 85 families to survey them on their health and uptake of health services

Pontins implemented a policy of active discrimination against Irish Traveller community between 2013 and 2018, investigation finds

Music Generation was started with seed money by U2 some 14 years ago and now teaches music to one in 12 children in Ireland

Television: The defining tone is sadness in this moving programme as Traveller songs, folklore and historic footage are blended with present-day testimony

Southside Traveller Action Group supports 140 Traveller families across the catchment area

Department of Education study says gaps between Deis and non-Deis schools persist, despite improvements over the past decade

Proposals to reform probate and conveyancing and strategy expected to go to Cabinet

National Women’s Council calls for strengthening of specialist perinatal mental health services

Official at Wayside Celtic refused to accept two Traveller boys as members last year, Workplace Relations Commission told

Seven reports examine efforts, or lack of, by certain local authorities to provide accommodation and meet statutory obligation

Some 50,000 long-term unemployed to receive ‘personalised’ supports

Awards are part of Traveller Pride Week, an important marker of the positive achievements of individual Travellers and their 30,000-strong community

Strategy that came into effect more than a decade ago is failing, says joint chairman of group behind it

A new initiative aims to preserve and promote the Travelling community’s heritage

Television review: This fascinating documentary from director Pat Collins is full of pride but also sadness

He has met President Michael D Higgins and King Charles but Ian McDonagh (22) gets nervous approaching bouncers in pubs and clubs

Feuding has led to mental health difficulties, homelessness, discrimination, injury and death, study warns

Michael O’Flaherty, who recently took up Council of Europe role, says Russia must be held accountable for its actions in Ukraine

Rise of hate speech, AI and climate crisis among significant challenges faced, new Council of Europe commissioner says

Senator and Traveller Eileen Flynn calls for greater supports for Travellers and other minorities facing discrimination and ill-treatment

Violation also found in relation to social housing as many local authority tenants reside in ‘poor housing conditions’

Playwright and activist Rosaleen McDonagh says: ‘The far-right stuff is on my doorstep...I didn’t think people would be burning buildings and blocking libraries. That scares the living daylights out of me’

Investigation found staff labelled list of common Irish surnames as ‘undesirable guests’

Traveller Martin Ward’s mission is to offer a recycling service that gives back to circular economy

Former minister Mary Hanafin and retired garda gave evidence in support of discrimination case

Large-scale monuments are being erected in graveyards, including by Traveller families, in a show of love by grieving relatives

Thomas Connors (13), who lost five members of his family including his parents in a fire in their Co Dublin halting site in 2015, was among the group

Browser: Plus reviews of A Ramble About Tallaght: History, People, Places, by Albert Perris, and Twiggy Woman by Oein DeBhairduin

Michael D Higgins says the RTÉ programme should be seen in every household and every school

Margaret McDonagh claims she has been on the local authority’s housing waiting list for 14 years

New report stresses the need for dedicated, out-of-hours helpline for Travellers in mental distress

Dr Hannagh McGinley is just the third Traveller to be awarded a PhD in the State’s history

The commission says “consideration” should be given to whether Traveller housing plans instead go directly to An Bord Pleanála thereby removing them from the political arena

Common conditions including bronchitis and tuberculosis two to three times more prevalent in Travellers than in general population, TCD researchers find

John Killeen, Tom Foley, Chris Larkin, Alannah Hopkin and Declan Henry present rich accounts of culture, commerce, transport, patron sainthood and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Welsh Secretary David TC Davies under fire over language used in leaflet sent to householders

Pavee Point welcomes Ipsos survey showing only 53 per cent comfortable beside Roma or Traveller