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'Anything's doable with enough effort': Kildare student from Travelling Community finds success in Leaving Certificate exams

A Kildare student, who is a member of the Travelling Community, managed to gain 550 points in his Leaving Certificate exams. Seventeen-year-old Paddy Ward will be going forward to study medicine in NUI Galway, on September 20. He said that he had ...

13 Sept 2022 at 13:10

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Foster care leavers made priority group in access plan for third-level education

Activists have welcomed the inclusion of care leavers and the Roma community in the Irish Government’s fourth plan to improve and monitor people’s equity of access to third-level education. The plan, launched at TU Dublin’s Grangegorman campus ...

31 Aug 2022 at 19:23

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Kildare University hosting launch of the StoryMap for the 'Coolock Travellers' Community Mapping Project'

A university in Kildare will host the launch of the StoryMap for the 'Coolock Travellers' Community Mapping Project'. Maynooth University (MU) will be hosting the launch of the project, which will document Travellers’ stories of belonging and ...

11 Nov 2022 at 21:30

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Senior members of Traveller community called on to mediate after 'shocking' rampaging incident

SENIOR members of the Traveller community have been called on to mediate following a rampaging incident in which a man was shot and a number of vehicles and mobile homes were damaged. Footage of the incidents, which appear to have been ...

30 Aug 2023 at 14:20

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Youth activist from Newbridge, County Kildare, calls for strategy to alleviate Traveller mental health crisis

A youth activist based in Newbridge has called for changes to be made in order to alleviate the mental health crisis facing many members of the Travelling Community. 18-year-old James Stokes, who previously announced that he intends ...

06 Dec 2023 at 19:00

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18-year-old man from Newbridge elected as Mincéir Senator in Kildare-based university

An 18-year-old Newbridge man has successfully secured his place as the Mincéir Senator in Maynooth University (MU). James Stokes, who is a member of the Traveller Community, won with 1,010 votes. He recently enrolled at a teaching ...

18 Oct 2023 at 13:30

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Youth activist from Newbridge, County Kildare, addresses Seanad on topic of Traveller mental health

A youth activist from Newbridge addressed the Seanad earlier today in relation to Traveller mental health. James Stokes, who is Sinn Féin’s youngest election candidate in the upcoming local elections at just 18 years of age, ...

18 Apr 2024 at 17:30

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O'Gorman announces new project to amplify voices of Traveller youth

A project has been launched to support young Traveller youth to have a voice at local and national policy-making level. The initiative - announced today (Wednesday July 13) by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability,...

13 Jul 2022 at 12:23

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Number of Travellers living in County Kildare falls

Count Kildare experienced one of the largest relative drops in members of the Travelling community resident in the county between 2011-2016, new Census returns from the Central Statistics Office indicate. The number of ...

07 Apr 2017 at 17:43

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‘Racism in Irish society’ requires attention, human rights commissioner says

Ireland needs to do more to combat racism and discrimination against Travellers, Roma people and migrants, a human rights commissioner has said. Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human ...

14 Oct 2024 at 22:59

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Traveller woman awarded €15,000 in hotel wedding discrimination case

A maximum award of €15,000 has been awarded to a member of the Traveller Community against a hotel for discrimination in what is being described as a significant case for the Traveller Community and businesses. ...

26 Jan 2021 at 08:19

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