VIDEO: President Higgins calls for end to racism against Traveller and Roma people

Discrimination and prejudice against Travellers and Roma is racism, it must be named as racism and tackled as racism, President Michael D Higgins has insisted.

The President, who was speaking at an event in Dublin to mark the 30th anniversary of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, also led a minutes’ silence for the victims of the Carrickmines fire in Co Dublin.

Mr Higgins, who will meet the families of the 10 victims at Áras an Uachtaráin later this week, said there were very important issues arising from the tragedy for all of Irish society.