Photos by Derek Speirs. On Wednesday 20th December we held our Christmas party for Roma children. About 100 children and their parents came and made it a real family occasion. Thanks to everyone who donated presents to make this such a happy occasion and a special thanks to Hamleys Toyshop, Dundrum and also for […]
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Month: December 2017
14th December 2017 The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (the “Commission”) has welcomed a settlement secured in a case of members of the Traveller community denied service in a licensed premises. The individuals involved applied jointly to the District Court for redress under the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 with legal representation provided to […]
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There was a great celebration of Traveller ethnicity last night at the Mansion House with Dublin’s Lord Mayor, Micheal MacDonncha launching the new issue of Studies in Arts & Humanities www.sahjournal.com which focuses on indigenous peoples and features an editorial by Martin Collins. Martin spoke of the struggle to achieve official recognition of Traveller ethnicity […]
read more →We celebrated the first International Human Rights Day with Irish Travellers officially recognised as a minority ethnic group by the Irish State. We posted photos and messages on Facebook and Twitter of people wearing the Traveller ethnicity pin and got a great reaction with almost 5,000 tweets and a reach of over 5,000 on Facebook […]
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