Community ’haemorrhaging people’
Deputy Ó Cuív made his remarks during a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
A teenager is being described as a hero after jumping into the River Barrow to save a woman and her daughter who had got into difficulties in the River Barrow in Carlow. Miley Doran who is a member of the Travelling Community has been put forward for a National Bravery Award because of his courage and fast-thinking in […]
Research conducted for the St Stephen’s Green Trust (SSGT) has found that over 80% of Travellers are unemployed. This means that 8,500 of the 10,650 Travellers in the labour force are out of work or unable to find employment. The data is contained in the Travellers in the Main stream Labour Market: Situation, Experience, and […]
Last year, a Traveller family parked their trailer in a layby up the road from where I live. They had a fair bit of space, and a small generator was used to give light and heat. We’d often pass by walking the dog, or going to the shops, and sometimes we’d nod and say hello to […]