Travellers ‘demonised’ following Nally case

TRAVELLERS have been demonised and condemned due to the fallout from the sentencing of a Co Mayo farmer, it was claimed yesterday.

Travellers ‘demonised’ following Nally case

Martin Collins, assistant director of Pavee Point Travellers Centre, said the past two weeks had set the work of the community back five years.

“We as a community have endured a lot over the last couple of weeks. I would regard there has been a systematic targeted attack on us. We have been vilified, demonised and condemned by some sections of the media, and indeed by some sections of the public and by some politicians,” he said.

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