Complaints procedure over refusal of pub entry ‘not fit for purpose’ – IHREC
Law disproportionately impacts disabled people and members of Traveller and Roma communities, says watchdog
Law used to evict Travellers from public land may need review
Legislation in breach of Supreme Court ruling and should be amended, say rights advocates
Housing, racism, and jobs are biggest issues facing Travellers, forum hears
Impact of intergenerational exclusion on the community’s young people discusssed
Lack of progress on delivery of Traveller accommodation criticised
Analysis by Irish Traveller Movement highlights discrimination faced in private rental sector
Sanctions on election candidates involved in ‘discriminatory rhetoric’ recommended
Measures are among suggestions in draft report being considered by TDs, Senators
Candidates who use hate speech should be removed from ballot, committee hears
Advocacy groups call for stronger sanctions for election candidates who use hate speech
Councils should be stripped of Traveller housing provision, committee told
State failures underpinned by ‘institutional racism’, Traveller activist claims
Stimulus package of €3.5bn likely to be lost amid fallout from PUP cuts
Inside Politics: Opposition will see phasing out of supports as opportunity to attack
Halting site report ‘damning proof of gross negligence’ by council
Pavee Point says conditions criticised by ombudsman’s report ‘not an isolated case’
Almost €15m spent on Traveller housing, the largest annual spend in decades
Entire budget drawn down for the first time since 2014, but housing need still ‘dire’
Des Bishop apologises to Traveller community for comments in interview
Comedian said Travellers ‘drink a lot’ and are ‘very paranoid’ during a 2018 interview
Travellers feel ‘left behind’ by representative organisations, activists say
‘We have the haves and the have-nots and that’s creating the divide in our community’
Eight councils’ Traveller housing plans fail to meet demand - report
Irish Traveller Movement criticises lack of housing provided by local authorities
‘Feeling that rejection in society, it’s horrible,’ says first Traveller woman in Oireachtas
‘I know I can’t speak for other marginalised communities, but I want to speak with them,’ says Eileen Flynn
Traveller realities amid the pandemic: ‘I thought I’d never see a sup from a tap again’
Traveller families fear facilities put in place will be taken away after Covid-19 crisis ends
Impact of Covid-19 on Travelling people: ‘Worst that ever came’
Families living through the coronavirus crisis on what are overcrowded and unsafe sites
Seanad hopeful would be first female Traveller in Oireachtas
‘It’s important to bring a Traveller voice to the table,’ says activist Eileen Flynn
Animal rights advocates call for zero tolerance for sulky racing on roads
Two horse-and-carts raced on inbound lane of N7 at Citywest in Dublin last weekend
At least 30 suicides among Travellers this year, politicians told
Reports suggest increase in deaths among young females, Oireachtas committee hears
‘Reduced timetable’ system may breach children’s constitutional rights
Traveller cross-party group says audit needed on schools’ use of limited hours
‘I received letters, phone calls that were absolutely derogatory’
Traveller activist and playwright Rosaleen McDonagh describes ‘hostile’ reaction to her candidacy
Children on ‘reduced timetables’ being denied education
Oireachtas committee to hear from Traveller and special needs groups of ‘growing crisis’
Traveller children being channelled into unofficial ‘Traveller schools’, Oireachtas told
Less than 1 per cent of community in 3rd level education education, committee told
Homeless family drive 160km to and from school every day
Patricia and William Maguire are living with their five children in emergency accommodation in Wicklow
Stand-off over Traveller families occupying site reaches stalemate
South Dublin County Council says it has no duty of care for families, who have 28 children
Traveller family with 28 children to be evicted from west Dublin site
South Dublin County Council says it has no ‘duty of care’ as family are not from the area
Protest over restrictions on disadvantaged and Traveller children
Pupils ‘being denied education’ by policy of separating them due to behavioural issues
Schools awarded yellow flags for efforts to increase diversity
Hopes it will ‘spread beyond school grounds and have positive impact in the wider community,’ Zappone says
Rally on homelessness to take place on December 1st
National Homeless and Housing Coalition call on ‘as many people as possible’ to join
The Irish Times view on education for the disadvantaged: reduced teaching hours on vulnerable children must end
Legislation on what constitutes school attendance may be required
Children on reduced timetables ‘denied education’
Barnardos, Inclusion Ireland and Irish Traveller Movement slate State-wide trend
Schools imposing reduced hours on disadvantaged children
Placing pupils on reduced timetable without consent considered ‘a form of suspension’
Galway Travellers renew campaign to ‘build bridges’
Government measures needed to underpin ethnic status, Traveller group says
English seeks solutions to Traveller accommodation crisis
Irish Traveller Movement calls for dedicated housing agency to bypass local authorities
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