Councillor says Travellers should be an 'isolated community'

Senna

Donegal councillor Sean McEniff sparked what is likely to be a huge controversy this afternoon after telling a local radio station that Travellers should be an ‘isolated community’ in Ireland.

"I think there should be an isolated community of them some place. Give them houses and keep them all together.”

Comments in relation to the purchase of a house by Donegal County Council for Traveller accommodation in Ballyshannon at the cost of €233,000, where there were plans to house a Traveller family of 13.

www.joe.ie

He also went on to say they are being looked after better than the average worker, full tanks of oil etc.

So what do you, finally someone who says what we're all thinking, or huge racism by an elected official.

Personally i cant stand the man, but I agree with this comments, but I'd go much much further than just isolating them.

Doom

Any milk for da babby....:pac:

The King of Moo

We should have an isolated forum for threads about travellers.

donvito99

FF councillor from Donegal.



Nuff said.

Agricola

Senna wrote: »

but I'd go much much further than just isolating them.

Sounds sinister!

wendell borton

"I think there should be an isolated community of them some place. Give them houses and keep them all together.”

Rathkeale :pac:

Daroxtar

In before Padraig Nally

Boombastic

Why are we providing them with houses, if they are travellers. Houses are immobile stopping them travelling which is their culture. Why are we stopping them from expressing their culture?

crazygeryy

traveller's. ................what can i say that won't get me banned.
isolated yes, isolated in a land far far away.

Riamfada

I like how they call me "Sir". Makes me feel important

gbee

I propose we give them Limerick and surrounding areas, and let them collect the tolls on the tunnel. Sort of like another Israel in 1940's

Big Nasty

Isolated to Spike Island.

Agricola

I love how almost every traveller who arrives at my door greets me with "Well Sir, are ya workin hard"
Its like an established greeting they have. Oh the ironing.

drdeadlift

How the fck is it racism,they are scum anyway well most of them.

davet82

put me down for €20 on a page 3 lock

Sergeant

I don't blame anyone for exploiting an unquestioning welfare system.

PogMoThoin

I scare them away with a "jobs available, apply within" sign out side my door

MaxSteele

Annex Carrick On Shannon and give them Leitrim. Problem solved.

Celly Smunt

In before "travellers are an ethnic group"

3ndahalfof6

How about isolating everybody else, then we would get the benefits.

dvpower

Senna wrote: »

Personally i cant stand the man, but I agree with this comments, but I'd go much much further than just isolating them.

Are you just going to leave that hanging there?
How much further would you go?

Boombastic

Senna wrote: »

............ full tanks of oil etc.
.............

Full tanks of oil?? For free I'm assuming. Fcuk that. If we are all equal, where's my oil? Can I claim discrimination for being settled?

Merch

crazygeryy wrote: »

traveller's. ................what can i say that won't get me banned.
isolated yes, isolated in a land far far away.

We'll see how long this lasts,
Don't you know that you can't say anything against or about travellers, its racism/discrimination etc etc, even if its true.

gbee

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Isolated to Spike Island.

Have you seen Spike Island? Sure ya woodnay fit a hundred caravans there to be sure, sure a good thought nonetheless.

3ndahalfof6

The King of Moo wrote: »

We should have an isolated forum for threads about travellers.

In a field.

humanji

I think we all know that an adult conversation about this topic isn't going to happen here. Politics may be a better bet, OP.