Inter-family violence is a pervasive problem affecting Traveller individuals and their families, with far reaching consequences for the Traveller community including mental health difficulties, imprisonment, injury and in some instances, death.
Research on the Impact of Traveller Interfamily Conflict on Individuals and Families will be discussed at a conference in Dublin today.
It found that Traveller pride and family honour was frequently referred to by participants as the reason behind retaliation or responses to 'call-out videos' and social media. While it acknowledged that a minority of Travellers engage in inter-family violence, it found that it negatively impacted on virtually all sections of the Traveller community.
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