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Travellers to be recognised as an ethnicicity tomorrow

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  • 28-02-2017 8:44pm
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    Dr Crayfish
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    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/state-to-recognise-ethnicity-of-travellers-35490366.html

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    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    They should be recognised the day after tomorrow. ..on February 30th.


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    #3
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    Utterly ridiculous yet at the same time predictable virtue signalling from our politicians.


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    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donal55


    Tanks boss.


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    Does that mean crime is being legalised ??


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    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    Pkiernan wrote: »
    They should be recognised the day after tomorrow. ..on February 30th.

    Should wait till April 1st. What a complete joke.


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    fiachr_a
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    Will our Protestants be next?


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    Atlantic Dawn
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    So let me get this straight, the Taoiseach can make the sole complex decision to recognize a group of people as a race but something much simpler like giving driving bans for drink driving requires a Dail vote?


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    #9
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Untouchable now

    FG are really finished in rural Ireland after this


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    #10
    jameorahiely
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    So are they not irish? Or are they not Caucasian ?


    What are they then?


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    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users Posts: 9,065 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    They should be recognised as a group who go around robbing and beating up old people, animal abusers, violent thugs, tax dodging, smelly inbred scum that they are.


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    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Does that mean crime is being legalised ??

    Pretty much. It will mean they can just park up into any field beside an estate and say tough ****. Nobody will be able to move them because it will be racist.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I'm as far from being a bleeding heart liberal as you'll find.

    Travellers ARE an ethnic group.

    Understand it, before you facepalm it.


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    Armchair Andy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Armchair Andy


    How will they be assessed for taxes? Most I know are entrepreneurial.


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    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donal55


    jameorahiely wrote: »
    So are they not irish? Or are they not Caucasian ?


    What are they then?

    Basque or Tunisian?
    Ask Enda.


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    pablomakaveli
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    JayZeus wrote: »

    Travellers ARE an ethnic group.

    They're not though. Not really.


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    #17
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Can Filibusters be used in the Dail? This has to be stopped.


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    Shenshen
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,453 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shenshen


    Ok, and then what? What will that change?


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    #19
    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donal55


    Rathkeale has just been swapped with Ailesbury Rd on the Monopoly board.


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    #20
    SEPT 23 1989
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    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Can Filibusters be used in the Dail? This has to be stopped.

    Any politican who speaks up against this will have a seat for life


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    #21
    Beanntraigheach
    Registered Users Posts: 789 ✭✭✭Beanntraigheach


    Travellers are ethnically Irish.
    They should be attempting to integrate them into ordinary society, not labelling them as a distinct "ethnicity" on account of their lifestyle choices.


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    Shenshen wrote: »
    Ok, and then what? What will that change?

    Evidently something catastrophic. Judging by the reaction of some here.


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    [Deleted User]
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    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    They're not though. Not really.

    Wrong.

    Ethnicity and Race are not the same thing.

    Travellers are most certainly an ethnic group.

    You might not like it, but that's the truth.


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    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,992 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    pablomakaveli wrote: »
    They're not though. Not really.

    According to geneticists they're as different to settled Irish people as Spanish people are.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #25
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    Well what next? Should we recognise young offenders with 100 convictions as an ethnicicity as they all wear grey tracksuit bottoms?


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    #26
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    There will be quotas brought in. Every company that employs over 100 staff will have to employ a traveller. I guarentee something like that will happen.


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    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donal55


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    There will be quotas brought in. Every company that employs over 100 staff will have to employ a traveller. I guarentee something like that will happen.

    Intel is packing up as we speak.


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    Brian?
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    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    There will be quotas brought in. Every company that employs over 100 staff will have to employ a traveller. I guarentee something like that will happen.

    That's delusional. There are no ethnic minority quotas in Ireland for Christ sake.

    Travellers are an ethnic minority. Big ****ing whoop. Why do people care so much?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #29
    D0NNELLY
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    Corkonians will be next


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    [Deleted User]
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    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    There will be quotas brought in. Every company that employs over 100 staff will have to employ a traveller. I guarentee something like that will happen.

    Has it happened in NI?

    What is your guarantee based on?


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    Dr Crayfish
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    Brian? wrote: »
    That's delusional. There are no ethnic minority quotas in Ireland for Christ sake.

    Travellers are an ethnic minority. Big ****ing whoop. Why do people care so much?

    I care because this may give some of the most dangerous people in Ireland even more leeway than they have already


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