‘Anti Roma’ Facebook page removed after complaints lodged

Traveller support group Pavee Point has lodged an official complaint over a Facebook page based in Waterford which demands the removal of Roma people from the city.

The Get Them Out Of Town page attracted the attention of Pavee Point and other anti-racism groups yesterday, by which time the page had already received more than 700 ‘likes’.

In one post earlier this week the page suggested: “Maybe a small protest on Manor Street might get the attention of the gardaí. There’s a open space with benches and grass where beggers [sic] and pick pockets like to hang around and watch there [sic] victims go by.”