Des Bishop apologises to Traveller community for 'negative' comments 

Des Bishop: 'I have always wanted to be someone who helped to end prejudice against Travellers in Ireland but I clearly have had a blind spot to my own prejudice.'

Des Bishop has apologised to members of the Traveller community for 'negative' remarks he made against them.

During an interview with presenters Jim Norton and Sam Roberts on SiriusXM in the US, he talked about how Travellers “get violent when drunk” and how domestic abuse is rife within the community.