‘They want to stay here, they want to be accepted’

A new documentary explores negative attitudes towards Roma living in Ireland, writes Jonathan De Burca Butler

HENRY MCKEAN is not one to do things in half measures. The Newstalk presenter has been asking awkward questions in his own inimitable style since he started with the broadcaster some 10 years ago.

In his latest radio documentary, I’m a Roma Gypsy, the 30-year-old tackles the question of this ethnic group head on.