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- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)
...for the invitation here today. I will speak a little on the STAR education pilot programme. The Traveller Visibility Group, TVG, has hosted one of these pilots since November 2019. Initially Cork was not one of the assigned STAR locations but when one project opted out of the programme a space became available and so TVG took on the education pilot programme six months after the rest of...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)
Pat Buckley: ...of respect, but also deserves an open, listening ear. I love to see so many young people. Young people are normally spoken down to by their peers. I normally speak a lot faster because I am from Cork, but I slowed down for this. A trick I learned is that sometimes we have to just sit back, keep our mouths shut, listen to the young people and listen to the older generation about their...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)
...community, but I feel it is essential to be a part of it if we are to deliver what needs to be delivered. The creation of resources, such as the Pavee Pathways, Mincéirí archives, piseoga and Cork Traveller photo archives, are what I believe are part of giving voices to our elders, our young and our community. They are among the needed resources and tool kits that promote the...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)
...Some of them were really sensitive and that pays tribute to the kind of people we are. The Cathaoirleach spoke about being worn out and jaded. Over lunch, I spoke with Ms Burke and Ms O'Donoghue from Cork. We are all middle-aged women and it is very hard to tell the same story with new words. As a playwright, my job is to witness, observe and document. Each time you sit down to...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)
Jerry Buttimer: ...are with us today. Those who work with the communities on the ground in a variety of ways and who seek to advance the rights of the Traveller people are often the unsung heroes in our society. I know from my own city of Cork, where I served on the committee, that the women, in particular, have been strong leaders and voices in the community for effecting change. I am pleased that today...