‘Persistent racism and discrimination’ against Travellers and Roma in Irish society, says Council of Europe commissioner
Michael O'Flaherty, Council of Europe commissioner for Human Rights, at the Traveller Suicide Awareness Day Commemoration ceremony in Limerick on October 14th, 2024. Photograph: Candice Imbert/Council of Europe/PA Wire, including children, should be “treated as the crisis that it is”, the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, Michael O’Flaherty, has said.
He visited several halting sites in Dublin and Limerick, some which did not have access to electricity, adequate sanitation facilities or plumbing.Baby loss: If they had said to me, ‘you can keep him in there forever’, I would have done itLessons from an Airbnb host: ‘Two sisters insisted we call the Bord Gáis emergency services because the radiator was too hot’
The commissioner also said he was struck by the disproportionate application of reduced timetables for Traveller and Roma children in schools, “excluding them from substantial parts of the curriculum”. “The Government should continue to support and further develop both mainstream and special measures to address the significant health inequalities affecting Travellers, including as regards mental health”.
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