Getting rid of the 'us and them' mentality between Travellers and gardaí can be done, but it takes time and motivation

The complete picture is not clear, as 10% of applicants gave no information on their ethnicity, compared to 2% in 2019.

Anne Burke of the Southern Traveller Health Network said that although it was a great day for the women involved, there is still “a lot of work to be done”

European human rights watchdog found Ireland in breach of social charter over 'chronic failure' to provide sufficient accommodation for Travellers, and maintain adequate conditions of existing sites

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance says less than a fifth of last year's Traveller accommodation budget had been spent by July 

Hotel refused family of four accommodation on basis it required a credit card as security

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has called for an urgent overhaul of liquor licensing laws, claiming the current laws disproportionately and significantly impact minority groups such as disabled people and Traveller communities

The hearing was told that the grandmother was left standing in the lobby despite her ill health and that she felt completely unwanted and shamed

The benefits of anti-bias training for health workers dealing with Travellers has a 'shelf life' of six months and needs to be embedded in public and voluntary services, according to new research

TD says local authorities are drawing down the full budget, but are not spending the funds on long-term housing solutions

Report by Cork and Kerry Regional Traveller Accommodation Working Group says the number of Travellers experiencing homelessness is hugely underestimated

Among its findings, the DPC found that cameras had been installed at nine Traveller halting sites around the county without a legal basis.

An internal briefing for Minister of State Peter Burke detailed a “serious risk of loss of life”  for the Traveller families living at the Spring Lane halting site in Cork.

The Oireachtas Joint Committee also recommend a ring-fenced health budget within the HSE and anti-racism training for teachers

There is a risk that diversity training and unconscious-bias training can be used to 'tick the box' when it comes to dealing with the problem of discrimination, the report pointed out.

Children 'were left on a transient site for 18 months without heat and water throughout the height of the pandemic'.

Initiative, first of its kind in Europe, hopes to rehabilitate prisoners

A Traveller advocate group called for urgent reform of "a broken system that is not of our making".

A Limerick family, who were due to move into a new home, have received threats that the house will be burnt down.

According to a mother of five in the family, Limerick City and County Council dismissed their fears about the graffiti and suggested it was likely the actions of children.

Cllr O'Flynn said: "This movement, and those like them, have one thing on their mind - to silence their critics and anybody who has an opinion which differs from theirs"

The council said the needs of all those living at Spring Lane — and in particular children — had always been a priority.

People with disabilities or in direct provision and groups such as Travellers face specific challenges, survey reveals 

Residents of Spring Lane halting site have written to the committee calling for the councillor's removal

Sinéad Gibney of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission wants their practical recommendations published today to empower local authorities to address identified gaps, failures, and inadequacies in their provision of culturally appropriate or Traveller-specific accommodation

The local authority has been told to rethink its housing targets and zoning policy as it could result in over development in some areas

There are more than 1,000 households on the social housing list with a Traveller-specific accommodation need, Dáil committee was told

The Oireachtas committee heard that "many children wake up to leaking roofs, rats, chronic damp and mould on their blankets".

Children in Spring Lane could reach for the stars if plans to provide solid foundations are followed through – this time, writes Eoin English

Report highlights the 'us' versus 'them' approach nationally

Twelve-year-old says she's ashamed to explain to people she is dirty due to conditions at the site

Joint committee on key issues affecting the Traveller community heard the unemployment rate remains high at around 80% despite several reports and pilot initiatives over the past two decades.

It found that Travellers experience higher levels of discrimination and are consistently left behind in education, employment, housing and health

€2,666 bursary will incentivise employers to hire women in trades including plastering, plumbing, and engineering

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — we must look at Traveller discrimination

As International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination approaches on March 21, Mincéirí (Traveller) mothers continue to fight an unequal battle for their children’s futures, writes activist Rose Marie Maughan

Bunratty Castle Hotel Ltd claims the WRC heard the complaint without the hotel's representatives being present as correspondence about the hearing was sent to the wrong email address

US senator Ted Cruz swanned off to sunny Cancún in Mexico leaving his poor little dog in his freezing home, looking sadly out the window at photographers, writes Terry Prone

There has been a twenty-fold increase in Traveller children being fostered within their own community in the last seven years

The webinar heard that members of the Traveller community and those who were homeless were also among the groups most impacted by the pandemic but not often heard.

It is not clear how many people tested positive for the virus after an outbreak at the Spring Lane halting site in Blackpool

The failure to supply Traveller accommodation is well documented and ingrained in systemic and institutionalised racism.

New report shows consistent under-spend of budgets for Traveller housing

Report launched on Monday found more than 90% of Travellers said there is 'insufficient and inadequate' accommodation available, including halting sites