Norah Casey (top centre) with from left: Christine Collins, Leanne McDonagh, Tracie Joyce and Ann Rose Mongan.

Norah’s Traveller Academy.

Yes.

Melanie O’Connor writes:

For each of the four young Traveller women featured, the mentoring process represents an unprecedented and revealing journey of personal discovery. In the course of their training, the four trainees will share their experience and perspectives of the casual prejudice and cultural mores that continue to act as a barrier to independence and business opportunity for travellers in modern Ireland.

This is no ordinary mentoring process. Traditionally, traveller women are consigned to the home and discouraged from the world of business. Few finish school and fewer still progress to third level education. Norah has a unique challenge on her hands. Along with commercial know-how, she’ll have to encourage the confidence and resilience her trainees will need to survive in the business world. …

A novel way of showing the challenges facing women in the travelling community?

Or Pygmalion-style reality sop to misunderstood minority?

Find out on Thursday at 9pm on RTÉ2.

(RTÉ)