Travellers in Ireland 2019: Dialogue compromised by dishonesty

There are very few areas where the instinct to be compassionate, the obligation to be supportive, inclusive and humane are as compromised as at the interface of the rights and expectations of much of society — the settled community — and the rights and expectations of Travellers.

Sections of one group are intolerant and frightened but, unfortunately, sections of the other group sometimes justify that intolerance and those fears. That we skirt those experiences can serve to fuel this unease.