#OnThisDay 24th of November 1982, Nan Joyce became the first Traveller to stand in an Irish election.

Joyce was co-chairperson of the Committee for the Rights of Travellers, which had been formed earlier that year. Among her policies was a call for full civil and human rights for all Travellers as full Irish citizens and a Minister to co-ordinate Traveller welfare provision in the country.

You can read an account of the Committee and the background to its formation in this article: https://www.leftarchive.ie/article/5703/

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Published #OnThisDay, 18th August 1997:

"Down With Racist Anti-Traveller Attacks! For Trade Union Centred Defence of Traveller Halting Sites!"

A leaflet from the Dublin Spartacist Group on #TravellersRights

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/7615/

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Middle-class people are more prejudiced towards #IrishTravellers than working class, #ESRI study finds

Travellers and #Roma face more prejudice than any other ethnic group in #Ireland
The findings highlight high levels of both prejudice and disadvantage

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https://jrnl.ie/6573558

Has anyone done a list of Irish General Election candidates positions on:

- Trans rights?
- Travellers rights?

Two of the smallest minority groups in the country, about the same population (~30,000 people). Both populations more at risk of poverty and suicide. The opinions of our "leaders" or aspiring leaders on these two groups is a good barometer of how they'll actually treat people in general.

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#OnThisDay, 24th of November 1982, Nan Joyce became the first Traveller to stand in an Irish election.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/24/#event-5712

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Traveller sites conditions in Northern Ireland ignored by Stormont | The Lead
https://thelead.uk/traveller-sites-conditions-northern-ireland-ignored-stormont

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#OnThisDay 24th of November 1982, Nan Joyce became the first Traveller to stand in an Irish election.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/11/24/#event-5712

This article provides some of the history and background to the Committee for the Rights of Travellers and Nan Joyce's campaign: https://www.leftarchive.ie/article/5703/

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RT @Minceirbeoir: Can people agree now with #IrishTravellers when we say Ireland has never been the land of a thousand welcomes.
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