Our treatment of Roma and Travellers is under the spotlight across Europe and needs to be improved, says Ronnie Fay

The next generation of Traveller children could be “condemned” to unemployment and limited opportunities unless the Government rows back on cuts affecting them, according to a report.

Travellers rights group Pavee Point is calling for a judge to resign over what it describes as "prehistoric" comments made in a case with a Traveller defendant.

A ground-breaking all-island study focusing on the health needs of up to 40,000 Travellers begins today.

A PIONEERING all-island study of the health needs of up to 40,000 Travellers begins today.

UP TO 70 members of the Roma community who had been living in squalor in Dublin on an M50 roundabout, are due to be repatriated to Romania today.

RACE is dwarfing all other categories of complaint referred to the Equality Tribunal.

Almost 60 members of the Roma community camped on a roundabout off the M50 motorway face deportation after being removed from the site today.

The Government is being criticised for failing to implement its own policies on improving the lives of Travellers.

The first true indication of the number of Travellers in Ireland could become clear after this weekend’s census.

Members of the Roma community have joined Irish Travellers to celebrate "International Roma Day" today.

The educational challenges facing the Roma community in Ireland have been highlighted with the publication of a new report.

TRAVELLER children are 20 times more likely to end up in care, a new report on how the health service treats Travellers reveals.

Members of the Travelling community continue to suffer widespread discrimination within the Irish health services, according to three studies published today by the Pavee Point Centre.

The Government must ensure funds to boost the travelling community’s health are being used correctly, a conference heard today.

A leading Traveller representative group today called for a new State agency to deal with accommodation issues for the Travelling community.

Traveller organisations have called for the media to use "responsibility" in reporting at Traveller encampments.

NEW figures showing that three-quarters of Traveller men are unemployed provide stark evidence the Travelling community are being excluded from the country’s social and economic life, it was claimed yesterday.

A €1.2 million travellers’ rights campaign has been wound up because it failed to address the concerns of the settled community and State funds were used for ads critical of the Government.