Travellers

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

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

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

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

As Dublin Pride celebrates its 40th anniversary, some of Ireland’s foremost LGBTQ+ activists share their memories

Theatre: The harder this drama works to make Williams’ play accessible, the more ridiculous it seems

Flynn, a member of Travelling community, says she still experiences ‘discrimination’ and ‘racism’ despite being a public representative

An inspired new production of The Rose Tattoo moves the setting of Tennessee Williams’s play from Italian America to an Irish halting site

Children in urban areas miss more school due to stress and anxiety than rural students

Oireachtas committee to hear from Traveller and special needs groups of ‘growing crisis’

Patrick and Shauna McDonagh were members of the Traveller community

Peter Casey gained traction in Galway East – were his Traveller remarks a big factor?

A Dublin project lets teenagers fix and build their own bikes, giving them not only mechanical skills but life skills

ESRI highlights the ‘urgency’ of the community’s situation in a landmark study

Eviction battle underscores at times difficult links between Travellers and others

Reinstating the Visiting Teacher Scheme and resources teachers for Travellers would be a practical, realisable way to mark watershed moment