Monday 19 April, 2021
The woman and a friend who was with her at the time received a substantial settlement.
The minister said it is incumbent on all members of the gardaí to abide by the code of conduct as they go about their work.
Dr Sindy Joyce is a doctoral graduate of UL’s Department of Sociology.
“When you’ve been given the message that you’re less intelligent, less sophisticated, there comes a time where you believe it.”
Activist Eileen Ní Fhloinn says it worries her as a Traveller woman “to see the brazen and openness of anti-Traveller sentiment that’s out there on social media and political forums”.
The issues are detailed in a new report published by the Galway Traveller Movement today.
“The fifth years have already said it, their parents have said it – those kids are not going to continue their education next year.”
National Geographic’s Traveller magazine praised the capital’s “friendly, village vibe”.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said he hopes the move will have a “transformative effect”.
The Parish of Ennistymon says it ‘has a dress-code for participants in liturgical celebrations’.
Ofcom is investigating after a complaint was made by the Traveller Movement.
The decision has been criticised by a Traveller group which accused the BBC of ‘legitimising a racist word’.
The 63-year-old father of nine was shot dead at a wedding last week.
“It’s like having a dinner party every morning at breakfast”
The child had been involved in numerous other incidents of bad behaviour.
The family of the teenager have been awarded more than €6,000 in compensation.
And we have to address them all before a United Nations committee next month.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust wants ethnic monitoring in prison
The Christian Brothers school in Clonmel gives priority to students whose fathers were past pupils – and it’s being argued that this is discriminatory against Travellers.
iReport.ie has seen 60 reports detailing racism in less than one month, said ENAR Ireland.
Dublin and Cork also made the top 20 but Kilkenny was the only Irish city to crack the top 10.
One man was arrested after a fight broke out between members of the Traveller community in the Westmeath town yesterday afteroon.
A new survey shows that Irish people tend to stay close to home when it come to the most popular destination
From grabbing, to marrying cousins, to bare-knuckle fighting, Pavee Point’s Martin Collins dispels some Traveller prejudices.
The Children’s Rights Alliance’s annual Report Card notes that Traveller children are “almost universally worse” than their settled peers.
Donegal County Councillor Seán McEniff said that Travellers should be “segregated” in a “community of their own” in a recent interview.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
The Justice Minister has been urged to make a speech on what Fianna Fáil has said was a “serious breach of a citizen’s fundamental rights” after Phil Hogan wrote a letter to constituents regarding a Traveller family.
Actor Tom Hardy said he was inspired by the self-styled ‘King of the Gypsies’ for his voice in The Dark Knight Rises.
The victims were beaten, fed little and forced to work almost non-stop, a UK court heard.
Travellers face racism on a daily basis – and the State is aiding this by denying the group’s ethnic identity, writes Damien Walshe.
The teenager’s mother had argued that giving priority enrolment to sons of past pupils was indirect discrimination against Travellers.
