Traveller children are still being segregated in school, North Cork report finds

'Our education system is still back in the '60s where they segregated members of the Travelling community' — Senator Eileen Flynn

'The school is singling out children, putting Travellers into one classroom — that didn’t come from a good place,' said Senator Eileen Flynn. File picture: Sam Boal/Rolling News

Some schools are still segregating children into Traveller-only classrooms, a study examining barriers to education for Traveller children found.

The research, published yesterday, is based on the experience of Traveller children and their families living in the North Cork region.