Social media companies have responsibility to moderate anti-Traveller comments, says Pavee Point
Padraig Nally fatally shot John 'Frog' Ward, a Traveller and father of 11, who had been trespassing on his farm
Pavee Point
A Romani survivor of Nazi terror: ‘Young people, babies, infants, were beaten to death’
Holocaust survivor Christian Pfeil says ‘it’s important to remind society again and again that this actually happened’, especially at a time when right-wing extremism is growing across Europe
‘Hate crime laws are a matter of urgency’: Calls to pass new legislation as hate-related incidents up by 12%
‘Reckless and dangerous’ to ‘play politics’ with hate crime issue, says Travellers group
‘Racism is so recyclable. It’s toxic. The far-right stuff is on my doorstep’
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’
Grave concerns: Unauthorised memorials on the rise in rural cemeteries
Large-scale monuments are being erected in graveyards, including by Traveller families, in a show of love by grieving relatives
Majority ‘comfortable’ living next door to different nationalities and beliefs, but Travellers fare worse
Pavee Point welcomes Ipsos survey showing only 53 per cent comfortable beside Roma or Traveller
‘You are never going to be one of us’: Dublin’s Roma face pressure to hide ethnicity
Roma women in Dublin describe racism in public and problems accessing services
Roma community hiding ethnicity to keep their jobs - research
Marginalised community report discrimination and exploitation at work in Maynooth University research
€1.3m in funding to be provided to combat healthcare inequalities faced by Travellers
‘The State has not done its job. Today is about acknowledging that and beginning to fix it,’ Minister says
Pavee Point ‘alarmed’ over post-wedding gathering in Longford
Fastfood outlet gets €3,000 takeaway order to cater for marquee celebration
New reported Covid-19 outbreaks in Traveller community double in a week
Pavee Point says high incidence rate shows urgency of priority vaccination for Travellers
Travellers returning from Britain put Rathkeale at risk – Pavee Point
Travellers gathering in large numbers are ‘playing Russian roulette’, warns co-director
Does Ireland have a diversity problem at third level?
A new report shows there is just one full-time black female academic professor in Irish academia
Coronavirus: Funeral video shows large crowd in breach of Level 5 rules
Gardaí ‘carrying out inquiries’ after hundreds attend funeral in Roscommon
Gardaí urge people not to attend cancelled Cahirmee horse fair
Vehicles to be turned back at Garda checkpoints on approach roads to Buttevant
Impact of Covid-19 on Travelling people: ‘Worst that ever came’
Families living through the coronavirus crisis on what are overcrowded and unsafe sites
Election candidates who use anti-immigrant rhetoric should be disciplined, council says
Dáil hopefuls urged to ‘think carefully’ about remarks on immigration when campaigning
Fianna Fáil Senator willing to meet Travellers after derogatory tweets
‘I’ve apologised and I am extremely sorry’, said Lorraine Clifford Lee
Young Travellers make up a fifth of detainees in Oberstown
Rate is double that of Travellers in adult prisons, says Irish Prison Service
Garda who appeared to mock Travellers in online video has apologised
Garda and staff member of Dublin Fire Brigade who also took part in video suspended
Traveller children being channelled into unofficial ‘Traveller schools’, Oireachtas told
Less than 1 per cent of community in 3rd level education education, committee told
Travellers have ‘no respect for land or people’, Tipperary councillor says
Councillor said it was ‘very unfair’ to residents living near Traveller accommodation
Pavee Point ‘let down’ Travelling community, says Casey
Presidential candidate claims group showed poor leadership over Thurles dispute
Irish Roma and Travellers visit Auschwitz to mark Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
Estimated half a million Roma were exterminated by Nazis during second World War
Move to ban ‘sulky’ racing on Irish roads
Independent TD Mattie McGrath to introduce Bill on public safety and animal welfare grounds
Roma children malnourished due to ‘extreme’ poverty, report says
Some Roma children kept out of school over ‘constant fear’ they will be taken into care
Traveller representatives call for calm after Dublin shooting
Woman, eight-month-old baby and boy (17) injured in gun attack at site in Mulhuddart
Number of Traveller families in overcrowded housing doubles
New Government figures show that over 900 families now live in shared accommodation
Calls for greater regulation of sulky racing on public roads
ISPCA raises concerns about races between horses harnessed to lightweight traps
Zappone to meet child protection rapporteur over audit findings
Children’s rights advocates express grave concern at State’s child protection system
Suicide rate among Traveller men is seven times higher
Travellers’ life expectancy is 15 years lower than men in general population, paper finds
Draft plan considers recognising Travellers as ethnic group
National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy to be signed off by end of 2016
Hundreds march in Dublin to protest housing crisis
Demonstrators want the Government to declare a national housing emergency
Nearly one-fifth of Travellers ‘lack proper accommodation’
Pavee Point official tells Oireachtas committee of 90% cut in housing budget over five years
Caravans removed from halting site as evictions continue
Families claim they have no other accommodation after removal from unofficial site owned by Louth council
Early learning helps lives thrive in Dublin docklands
Local home visitors work with children under three, and their parents, to boost future opportunities
Ireland urged to heed UN’s ‘strong message’ on austerity
Emily Logan says response to crisis disproportionately focused on spending cuts
Athlone ‘effectively shut down’ for funeral, Traveller group says
Councillors say businesses ‘unaffected’ by Garda operation for Barney McGuinley funeral
‘Ethnic profiling’ played role in Roma children raid
Children’s Ombudsman carried out inquiry after removal of children from parents
‘Sold into prostitution by brother-in-law for €3,000’
Moldovan woman describes enslavement as Irish rights groups lobby for sex trafficking laws
Some schools actively discourage children with special needs from enroling
Preference for children of past pupils a ‘significant’ obstacle to Travellers’ education
Affluent residents ‘have the resources and the power’ to resist halting sites
Mount Anville homeowners are concerned about proposed Traveller accommodation. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council says the plan must go ahead
Myth of kidnap of children by particular ethnic groups has a disreputable history
Opinion: If we are judged on how we treat the least fortunate, we have some soul-searching to do
Government insists Roma not being ‘singled out’
Shatter ‘anxious’ to ensure no adverse reaction against Roma community after removal of children
Concern over ‘witch hunt’ against Roma
Pavee Point said danger that action could create conditions for increase in racism
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