This morning/afternoon.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Members of the Travelling community gathered outside Leinster House to mark International Human Rights Day, and to hand in a petition to Taoiseach Micheál Martin to take ‘immediate action to address the mental health crisis being experienced by the Traveller community and the denial of Human rights and Institutionalised racism’.
From top: Jimmy Keenan, who lost his wife Bridget to cancer in 2019 and his son Jim at the age of 23 in 2020 to suicide; National Traveller Mental Health Network chairperson Geraldine McDonnell (left) and Acting Chair Maggie McDonagh; Paddy James Collins from Finglas in his own hand-crafted wagon; Members of the travelling community, including singer David Keenan from Ennis and speaker Thomas McCann from the Traveller Counselling Service; A crucifix and momento of Jimmy’s wife and son; Paddy James outside Leinster House.
If you tell people they are victims they will always plead helplessness. There’s an industry now in keeping it that way.
Absolutely. Couldn’t agree more. That said everyone deserves their share. I still don’t think travelers get anywhere near a fair crack of the whip. They were marginalised by middle society many moons ago. They need to be brought back in. They’re not alone in claiming infinite victim status though. It’s the done thing. With equality comes accountability. Easily side stepped when you’re discriminated against. Why give that up! Anyway.
If you tell people they can’t point out how they’re being victimised because they are… doing something wrong, somehow in doing so, not sure how, the very act of speaking up is the opposite of helplessness, but ok, if you tell them they can’t speak up, then you are rendering them helpless.
They’re not victimised . You, and the likes of you, keep people down.
Pavee Point where half the staff share the same family name.
Michelle O’Neill’s caravan is nice!
Everyone and their dog having a mental health crisis these days. Give me a fupping Break.
I was there, it was a lovely gathering finishing with a lovely sing-song which did the spirits good. Nobody came out to reception their open letter, what a lack of caring from the gang inside the gates.
https://youtu.be/pp_vmgLQKXE
a version you might not have heard
So how do they make their money? Can someone ask them that very straight forward question?