From Irish republican News
A committee of the Dublin parliament has recommended that Travellers be recognised as an ethnic minority to combat discrimination as the issue begins featuring in local election campaigns in the 26 Counties.
The Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, in a report, said it is “no longer tenable for this State to deny Traveller ethnicity” and that it is “long past time for this State to honour our responsibilities to the international conventions on human rights”.
A scientific analysis of Irish DNA three years ago claimed that Travellers separated from the main population here between one and two milleniums ago for reasons that are unknown. The Gypsy-like community maintains its own ‘cant’ dialact and other customs and traditions which differ markedly from the settled Irish community.
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