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# Travelling Community

This week
3rd December 2023 - 9th December 2023
'We are being failed': Travellers protest at Dáil over mental health crisis in their community
National Traveller Mental Health Network chair Mags Casey told those gathered that the community “is on its knees at the moment”.
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Councils 'deficient' at identifying Traveller housing needs, human rights commission finds
The reviews show that between 2008 and 2018, of €168.8 million allocated to local authorities for Traveller-specific accommodation, just two thirds (€110.6 million) was drawn down.
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Jul 14th 2021, 6:00 AM
President Higgins says 'exclusion' of Travellers is based on 'unrepublican populist sentiments'
The President was speaking on International Traveller and Roma Day.
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Apr 8th 2021, 3:21 PM
Traveller family 'devastated' as gardaí investigate whether fire at council house started deliberately
The family was set to move into the house in the coming weeks.
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Aug 31st 2020, 7:32 PM
'Weaknesses all over the system': Call for review of 'State failures' in family rape case
The victims have questioned whether the fact that they are Travellers was a factor.
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Jun 16th 2020, 11:13 AM
Pavee Point director accepts apology from Lorraine Clifford-Lee, praises her 'positive approach'
Lorraine Clifford-Lee said she was unable to to say whether other tweets or comments might emerge.
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New tweets emerge of Fianna Fáil's Lorraine Clifford-Lee using offensive term 'pikey'
In an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner, the senator said that what she did was “wrong” and that she was sorry.
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Nov 12th 2019, 7:12 PM
Garda suspended over video mocking Travelling community
The video was filmed ahead of a charity boxing match against a member of Dublin Fire Brigade.
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Sep 23rd 2019, 10:51 AM
Ireland's Got Talent finalist 'hurt' by online abuse about Traveller background
“I actually felt more hurt for the younger generation that they still have to face this.”
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Mar 28th 2019, 2:55 PM
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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Nov 3rd 2018, 8:41 AM
'My mates used to slag Travellers. Soon I realised it was me they were slagging, because I came from that.'
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.
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Oct 21st 2018, 7:30 PM
Peter Casey denies racism as he travels to site of Traveller dispute - but says it's not his issue to solve
Casey has been been roundly criticised by all his fellow candidates for several comments he has made about Traveller ethnicity.
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Oct 18th 2018, 5:57 PM
'Appalling' and 'abhorrent': All five presidential rivals round on Casey over Traveller comments
Casey had said that travellers are “basically people camping in someone else’s land”.
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Oct 17th 2018, 2:00 PM
Council denies promising accommodation for horses at new housing estate
Members of the Travelling Community have claimed that Tipperary County Council has failed to honour assurances about stables.
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Oct 8th 2018, 10:02 PM
The last Traveller secondary school in the country has been given another year to plan for closure
The Department of Education says St Thomas’ Clonshaugh will close by June 2019 at the latest.
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May 31st 2018, 6:36 PM
'I find it cynical, ignorant': Efforts made to rename Sligo halting site The Gaza Strip
A local member of the Travelling community wants to name the site out of solidarity with the plight of Palestinians.
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Apr 11th 2018, 7:53 PM
Irish Travellers in the UK may face greater levels of discrimination post-Brexit
House of Lords member David Alton says the Irish Traveller community have “long faced significant prejudice in Britain”.
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Dec 21st 2017, 7:30 PM
Over 6 months after Traveller ethnicity was recognised - what has changed?
Tinsmithing, education, and pride in who you are: the impact of one of the most momentous achievements for Traveller activists.
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Sep 2nd 2017, 10:00 PM
Traveller family take action against council over refusal to offer them housing
The family of seven are living in a caravan without basic facilities such as running water.
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Aug 30th 2017, 4:55 PM
The 'silent killer' that affects one million people in Ireland
“It’s a ticking bomb, people are walking around with diabetes and [high] blood pressure and they’re not aware that they have it.”
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Aug 7th 2017, 8:00 PM
Government initiative to encourage more Travellers to become teachers
The initiative is aimed at encouraging disadvantaged groups into the teaching profession.
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Apr 17th 2017, 12:42 PM
'The grieving is absolutely unreal': Travelling community devastated after Clondalkin fire
The fire claimed the lives of four people when it broke out early yesterday morning.
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Mar 9th 2017, 5:20 PM
'A borradh táileasc for the mincéir': Taoiseach speaks Cant as he recognises Traveller ethnicity
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he hopes the move will have a “transformative effect”.
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Mar 2nd 2017, 9:59 AM
Traveller family launches legal action for Clare County Council to give them accommodation
They say they have been homeless since their previous accommodation was burnt down in 2015.
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Dec 20th 2016, 6:10 AM
Irish Travellers win discrimination case after Wetherspoon's pub refuses them entry
They said they were turned away because they had come from the Traveller conference which was being held next door.
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Nov 17th 2016, 8:39 PM
Silent candlelit vigil held outside Leinster House in memory of Carrickmines fire victims
“Have adequate safeguards been installed on halting sites to ensure that nothing like this occurs again?” the priest asked at the memorial service today.
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Oct 10th 2016, 4:48 PM
School reverses decision to deny place to Traveller child
Education Minister Richard Bruton has said his department is taking steps to assist the boy’s family.
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Sep 5th 2016, 7:15 PM
Half of Irish people don't want Travellers to have ethnic status
About one in three people would support such a move.
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Jun 13th 2016, 6:10 AM
Ireland 'failing' to provide safeguards to Travellers facing eviction
A Council of Europe committee also found Ireland is not providing Travellers with adequate accommodation.
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May 16th 2016, 6:05 AM
Most people don't want Travellers living in their community
The latest Claire Byrne Live/Amárach Research poll also finds that most people agree with residents opposing a temporary halting site in south Dublin.
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Oct 19th 2015, 11:00 PM
Four-year-old remains in hospital after losing parents and siblings in fire
A 14-year-old boy was released from hospital yesterday.
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Oct 13th 2015, 8:36 AM
Some visitors to this hospital 'urinated in lifts' and 'defecated on toilet floors'
The incidents took place at Enniskillen’s South West Acute Hospital after the death of a patient there.
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Jun 17th 2015, 3:37 PM
Travellers are three times more likely to get TB
And they get it much, much younger.
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Mar 13th 2015, 7:50 AM
Gay man from Travelling community shares wonderful #YesEquality letter from his sister
“Yes, of course yes!”
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Mar 10th 2015, 11:40 AM
South Dublin County Council votes to recognise Travellers as an ethnic minority
Francis Timmons proposed the motion, describing it as “one of Ireland’s biggest human rights issues”.
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Dec 11th 2014, 8:19 PM
School did not discriminate against expelled Traveller who waved fake penis at teacher
The child had been involved in numerous other incidents of bad behaviour.
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Nov 18th 2014, 6:30 AM
Asbestos dumped on halting site was not removed for over four months
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.
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Jul 1st 2014, 2:01 PM
Shatter: Gardaí don't collect data on people based on race or because they're travellers
Though gardaí are often under pressure to make quick decisions, Shatter said any kind of discriminatory profiling is totally unacceptable.
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May 2nd 2014, 7:00 AM
Justice Committee says Ireland should recognise Travellers as ethnic group
A report from the committee said the Taoiseach and Justice Minister should confirm this recognition and commence dialogue with representative groups about new legislation.
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Apr 17th 2014, 2:35 PM
Councillor accuses Travellers group of "playing politics" over Cork site
The Traveller Visibility Group in turn accused Ken O’Flynn of spreading “misinformation” after he offered to spend the night there.
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Mar 5th 2014, 9:30 AM
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