Irish Travellers still fighting to be equal citizens in a more inclusive Ireland

In the year that the same-sex marriage referendum was overwhelmingly passed, campaigning Irish Travellers say despite changes they are still fighting to be fully recognised as equal citizens of a more inclusive Ireland, writes Joyce Fegan.

MISSIE COLLINS is the type of woman who’d have given Margaret Thatcher a decent run for her money.

Missie is a matriarch, she’s utterly formidable and she’d be welcomed on to any committee, the length and breadth of this country. But she’s not.