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Friday 25 September 2020
The family was set to move into the house in the coming weeks.
The victims have questioned whether the fact that they are Travellers was a factor.
Lorraine Clifford-Lee said she was unable to to say whether other tweets or comments might emerge.
In an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner, the senator said that what she did was “wrong” and that she was sorry.
The video was filmed ahead of a charity boxing match against a member of Dublin Fire Brigade.
“I actually felt more hurt for the younger generation that they still have to face this.”
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
Steo Wall, who has just released his first album ‘Where I’m From’, struggled with his Traveller heritage until he found the words to express it to others.
Casey has been been roundly criticised by all his fellow candidates for several comments he has made about Traveller ethnicity.
Casey had said that travellers are “basically people camping in someone else’s land”.
Members of the Travelling Community have claimed that Tipperary County Council has failed to honour assurances about stables.
The Department of Education says St Thomas’ Clonshaugh will close by June 2019 at the latest.
A local member of the Travelling community wants to name the site out of solidarity with the plight of Palestinians.
House of Lords member David Alton says the Irish Traveller community have “long faced significant prejudice in Britain”.
Tinsmithing, education, and pride in who you are: the impact of one of the most momentous achievements for Traveller activists.
The family of seven are living in a caravan without basic facilities such as running water.
“It’s a ticking bomb, people are walking around with diabetes and [high] blood pressure and they’re not aware that they have it.”
The initiative is aimed at encouraging disadvantaged groups into the teaching profession.
The fire claimed the lives of four people when it broke out early yesterday morning.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he hopes the move will have a “transformative effect”.
They say they have been homeless since their previous accommodation was burnt down in 2015.
They said they were turned away because they had come from the Traveller conference which was being held next door.
“Have adequate safeguards been installed on halting sites to ensure that nothing like this occurs again?” the priest asked at the memorial service today.
Education Minister Richard Bruton has said his department is taking steps to assist the boy’s family.
About one in three people would support such a move.
A Council of Europe committee also found Ireland is not providing Travellers with adequate accommodation.
The latest Claire Byrne Live/Amárach Research poll also finds that most people agree with residents opposing a temporary halting site in south Dublin.
A 14-year-old boy was released from hospital yesterday.
The incidents took place at Enniskillen’s South West Acute Hospital after the death of a patient there.
And they get it much, much younger.
“Yes, of course yes!”
Francis Timmons proposed the motion, describing it as “one of Ireland’s biggest human rights issues”.
The child had been involved in numerous other incidents of bad behaviour.
The National Traveller Partnership has said that Local Authorities have a “poor track record” in helping Travellers and should not be in charge of their finances.
Though gardaí are often under pressure to make quick decisions, Shatter said any kind of discriminatory profiling is totally unacceptable.
A report from the committee said the Taoiseach and Justice Minister should confirm this recognition and commence dialogue with representative groups about new legislation.
The Traveller Visibility Group in turn accused Ken O’Flynn of spreading “misinformation” after he offered to spend the night there.
One of the women says that the refusal to attend the suicide awareness charity event was ‘devastating’.
Two secretive Traveller communities allowed a TV3 documentary-maker access recently. He found that after 200 years in the US, some of their traditions remain the same – while some are markedly different.
Starring in the new movie, King of the Travellers, Michael Collins says he wanted the film to be realistic of the Travelling community. Here he tells us about being refused from Dublin pubs, not getting roles in movies, and coming up against everyday prejudices.
IT’S BEEN A tough few months since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold of the nation.
Many people have been affected by job losses, isolation and a lack of social interaction, and the loss of loved ones.
Today, youth mental health charity Jigsaw said it saw a 50% increase in demand for its services in August this year compared to the same period last year.
There has also been an over 400% increase of traffic to its e-mental health platform over the last six months, a surge in demand for its schools supports and a month-on-month increase to calls to 1800 JIGSAW support line.
So, today we want to know: Has your mental health been affected since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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Travelling community challenge Peter Casey on Presidential campaign comments
Appearing on last night’s Late Late Show, Casey said that he does not discriminate against people.
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