Peace process mediator to tackle Traveller conflict

A MEDIATOR with the Northern Ireland peace process has been engaged to assist in ending the enduring conflict between Travellers and the settled community.

John Mulligan, who took a leading role in the Glencree peace and reconciliation process and is assisting with conflict resolution in the Middle East, has been working with the Irish Traveller Movement (ITN) for the past six months.

The Travellers support group yesterday unveiled a radical plan involving mediators which is designed to tackle violence within the Traveller community.