Travellers on TV3

Galwayguy35

Was watching Vincent Browne on tuesday night interviewing Travellers and there was a piece about them on last night as well on Midweek. Some of what they had to say was very hard to take to be honest. The council seems to be bending over backwards trying to get them housing but they still refuse to move. One guy said he wouldnt take a house unless they provided a field for his 13 horses.

irishh_bob

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Was watching Vincent Browne on tuesday night interviewing Travellers and there was a piece about them on last night as well on Midweek. Some of what they had to say was very hard to take to be honest. The council seems to be bending over backwards trying to get them housing but they still refuse to move. One guy said he wouldnt take a house unless they provided a field for his 13 horses.

if collete fitzpatrick hadnt such epic cleavage , id find myself having to accuse her of a softball interview with that travellers rights lady

bogmanfan

I didn't see the show in question, but I remember Henry McKean's series on Travellers on TV3 last year. Interesting show, and gave a good insight into their culture and way of life. However, he completely failed to ask the one question everyone wanted him to: WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM?
I mean he was talking to a young lad who got a solid gold Rolex for his communion present. Never thought to ask where the cash for that had come from. It's as if people are so afraid of offending travellers rights, or of being accused of being racist, that they fail to ask the tough questions.

easychair

I did happen to see part of the Vincent Brown show and those being interviewed reminded me of so many people in Ireland, seem to think they have little or no responsibility for themselves, and just expect someone else ( the council or the government) to provide them with housing, and they whinge on and complain because the government or the council doesn't do what they want quickly enough.

As far as I remember, there was no exploration from Vincent Browne about whether it is reasonable for what appears to be a sizeable part of the Irish population (not just the travellers interviewed) to have the expectation that it's up to someone else to provide for them.

Tiocfaidh Armani

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Was watching Vincent Browne on tuesday night interviewing Travellers and there was a piece about them on last night as well on Midweek. Some of what they had to say was very hard to take to be honest. The council seems to be bending over backwards trying to get them housing but they still refuse to move. One guy said he wouldnt take a house unless they provided a field for his 13 horses.

I don't like them or their 'culture'. They don't want to enter society, yet wants society to bend backwards for them while they contribute feck all nearly by way of taxes.

crazygeryy

I would give the 13 horses a house before them anyway thats for sure.

irishh_bob

bogmanfan wrote: »

I didn't see the show in question, but I remember Henry McKean's series on Travellers on TV3 last year. Interesting show, and gave a good insight into their culture and way of life. However, he completely failed to ask the one question everyone wanted him to: WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM?
I mean he was talking to a young lad who got a solid gold Rolex for his communion present. Never thought to ask where the cash for that had come from. It's as if people are so afraid of offending travellers rights, or of being accused of being racist, that they fail to ask the tough questions.

despite having been completley non judgemental or probing , mc kean got a dressing down from the high priest of pc vincent browne afterwards for having some kind of anti traveller agenda

irishh_bob

easychair wrote: »

I did happen to see part of the Vincent Brown show and those being interviewed reminded me of so many people in Ireland, seem to think they have little or no responsibility for themselves, and just expect someone else ( the council or the government) to provide them with housing, and they whinge on and complain because the government or the council doesn't do what they want quickly enough.

As far as I remember, there was no exploration from Vincent Browne about whether it is reasonable for what appears to be a sizeable part of the Irish population (not just the travellers interviewed) to have the expectation that it's up to someone else to provide for them.

in the eyes of liberal do gooders like browne , tinkers are sacred cows and therefore exempt from criticism , genuine wrongdoing or malice and everything negative associated with them can be attributed to ignorance and prejudice on the part of the hated middle class , most of middle ireland will never understand the mindset of middle class socilists