Travellers to be recognised as an ethnicicity tomorrow

Dr Crayfish · 28-02-2017 08:44PM #1

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/state-to-recognise-ethnicity-of-travellers-35490366.html

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Pkiernan · 28-02-2017 08:46PM

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

BlaasForRafa · 28-02-2017 08:46PM

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

Donal55 · 28-02-2017 08:47PM

Tanks boss.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 28-02-2017 08:47PM

Does that mean crime is being legalised ??

eviltwin · 28-02-2017 08:48PM

Pkiernan wrote: »

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

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

fiachr_a · 28-02-2017 08:48PM

Will our Protestants be next?

Atlantic Dawn · 28-02-2017 08:49PM

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?

SEPT 23 1989 · 28-02-2017 08:50PM

Untouchable now

FG are really finished in rural Ireland after this

jameorahiely · 28-02-2017 08:51PM

So are they not irish? Or are they not Caucasian ?

What are they then?

Tipsy McSwagger · 28-02-2017 08:51PM

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.

Richard Hillman · 28-02-2017 08:51PM

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.

28-02-2017 08:52PM

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.

Armchair Andy · 28-02-2017 08:52PM

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

Donal55 · 28-02-2017 08:52PM

jameorahiely wrote: »

So are they not irish? Or are they not Caucasian ?

What are they then?

Basque or Tunisian?
Ask Enda.

pablomakaveli · 28-02-2017 08:54PM

JayZeus wrote: »

Travellers ARE an ethnic group.

They're not though. Not really.

Richard Hillman · 28-02-2017 08:55PM

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

Shenshen · 28-02-2017 08:55PM

Ok, and then what? What will that change?

Donal55 · 28-02-2017 08:57PM

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

SEPT 23 1989 · 28-02-2017 08:57PM

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

Beanntraigheach · 28-02-2017 08:57PM

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.

28-02-2017 08:58PM

Shenshen wrote: »

Ok, and then what? What will that change?

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

28-02-2017 08:59PM

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.

Brian? · 28-02-2017 08:59PM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

They're not though. Not really.

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

Dr Crayfish · 28-02-2017 08:59PM

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

Richard Hillman · 28-02-2017 09:00PM

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.

Donal55 · 28-02-2017 09:01PM

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.

Brian? · 28-02-2017 09:02PM

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?

D0NNELLY · 28-02-2017 09:02PM

Corkonians will be next

28-02-2017 09:02PM

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?

Dr Crayfish · 28-02-2017 09:02PM

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

Travellers to be recognised as an ethnicicity tomorrow

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