Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Fay was ‘tireless advocate’ for Travellers and Roma, funeral hears
Fay was co-director of Pavee Point Traveller for almost four decades
Rosaleen McDonagh: ‘This is the best moment of my life’
Aosdána member on surviving Covid-19, racism against Travellers and reclaiming power through writing
British holiday park identified ‘people with Irish accents’ as ‘undesirable guests’
Pavee Point calls the list of Irish surnames, some common among Travellers, ‘despicable’
Covid-19: Traveller organisations ask community to obey funeral restrictions
Estimated 200 people attended funeral in Carrick-on-Shannon despite regulations
‘Settled women talk of glass ceilings, Traveller women are still outside looking through the window’
Dr Rosaleen McDonagh on the emergence of Traveller feminism: The O’Reilly sisters created a ‘watershed moment in Traveller women’s history’
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre wins international award
Max van der Stoel Award recognises centre’s work towards social justice and equality
Traveller deaths must be watershed moment, funeral hears
Thomas, Sylvia and children Jim, Christie and Mary Connors to be buried in Wexford
Roma community in Ireland marks the ‘forgotten Holocaust’
Extermination of their people was only officially recognised in 1982
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