Assumptions overturned as reporter finds many Roma families in poverty and squalor in Dublin A Documentary broadcast on 3 this month found that the assumptions and stereotypes of Roma in Ireland were simply untrue. The show, which aimed to expose organised aggressive begging in Dublin found no evidence of current organisation of the activity and […]
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Month: August 2011
Discriminatory community welfare provision phase out completed: Travellers to avail of local services rather than centralised services from 1 September 2011 Centralised services for Traveller community welfare provision were found to be discriminatory in 2007 – unlike other recipients of community welfare services who could access services at their local facilities, Travellers in the Dublin […]
read more →The annual Horse Fair at Borris, Co. Carlow, has been hailed as ‘a great success’ with the whole town packed and the cleanup operation completed in record time. A report in today’s Irish Times reflects a positive, well received event, with all shops and pubs open in the town to take advantage of the enormous […]
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