We welcome the ‘Life Safety’ approach adopted by the Dept. of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and its engagement with Traveller organisations in producing its ‘Report on Programme to Review and Enhance Fire Safety in Local Authority Provided Traveller Accommodation’. This initiative was taken in the wake of the Carrickmines fire tragedy in which 10 Travellers, including […]
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Month: September 2016
Pavee Point Chairperson and Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Anastasia Crickley, addressed the UN Summit on Migrants and Refugees this week. Ms Crickley who is founder of Migrants Rights Centre Ireland and Chairperson of Community Work Ireland said it was speak unacceptable to speak oof the integration of migrants […]
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National Women’s Council backs call for Traveller Agency We were delighted with the support from NWCI members in agreeing to lobby the Government to establish an independent Traveller Agency to drive and monitor the implementation of Traveller policy in accommodation and other key areas at its recent AGM. As women often bear responsibility for the […]
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Our Primary Health Care for Traveller Project features in the autumn issue of the HSE magazine – Sexual Health News. Aoife Mallon and Mary Bridget Collins took part in a foundation programme for the promotion of sexual health within Traveller communities. In the article they talk about some of the issues facing Travellers. “We want […]
read more →The Trouble With Travellers – an article by Dublin author Frankie Gaffney has received much interest this week. It’s an article that pulls together various strands and up to date research and we are publishing it here for reference. Frankie Gaffney writes on broadsheet.ie on 5th Sep 2016: Primitive, unruly, unkempt, nomadic, prone to thievery […]
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