Traditionally, Irish Travellers are a nomadic community ... such as employing more Gypsy and Traveller staff so the community felt included and valued in the school environment.
As explained by Professor Coretta Phillips: Historical accounts show that since their arrival in England and Scotland Romani Gypsies and Irish Travellers have been associated with criminal offending.
This chimes with the government’s own reports, which have found these sites to be unsafe. Research on health inequalities in the UK bears this out. People from Gypsy and Irish Traveller backgrounds ...
“In particular we want to apologise directly to the traveller and gypsy community. “The refusal to allow guests to stay at our parks because we suspected they were Irish Travellers was clearly ...
The Higher Education Policy Institute said 10.7% of Irish Travellers in the UK access higher education by the age of 19 and 6.9% of Gypsy or Roma young people. That is much lower than the overall ...