ITM Statement in Response to Roma Children Taken into Care

Irish Traveller Movement Press Statement October 23rd 2013 The worrying and apparently regressive procedures which formed the Gardai’s action to take two Roma children from their families in Dublin and Athlone give rise to concerns over abuse of Garda powers and...

Pavee Point response to child protection case in Tallaght

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement October 22nd 2013 In response to the case of the removal of a child from a Roma family in Tallaght in the early hours of this morning we believe that this case should be dealt with according to standard HSE/Garda...

Why a reporting tool like iReport is so important

“I am a white South African mother. I went to the Garda station for my first Irish passport application. (Very Proud!). There was a Black Somali family in the queue. The Garda was totally patronizing!!!! When they asked for an official stamp on their documents,...

Keeping the Melting Pot Aboil

A slip of the tongue gets Tom McCarthy thinking – just how far removed are we from the fabled ‘land of a thousand welcomes?’  By Tom McCarthy Source: The Cork Independent “She’s lucky to be American. If she was Romanian, well… it wouldn’t do her any favours let’s...

‘At the end of the day it is one world’

Maureen Aku Disu is a mother, a nurse and a singer. Her song ‘Bloody Immigrant’ is gaining popularity and she recently featured as a guest on Derek Mooney’s radio programme on RTE. Ian Callagy caught up with the Nigerian-born woman and heard all about her efforts to...