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21 Feb 2024
The Traveller Court Support Initiative Project staff visit the Washington St Courthouse.
The Traveller Court Supports Initiative visit Washington St, Courthouse for a tour of the historic building by Mary-Clare Kearney. The TCSI which is an exciting project, provides six Traveller women with legal training and courtroom experience. The aim of which is to provide culturally-appropriate peer support workers, who will act as 'court buddies' for other Travellers taking civil or family cases to the courts. The TCSI is the first such programme in Ireland to be codesigned and advanced in partnership with Traveller organisation partners in Cork, the Court Service and the School of Law, UCC. In providing and training culturally-appropriate court support workers, the TCSI seeks to respond to the barriers to justice experienced by Traveller litigants within the civil system.
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15 May 2023
What To Expect From Your Solicitor
Travellers have legal issues the same as everybody else, and getting legal help can be complicated for everyone. We know that for Travellers it can be particularly hard to find a solicitor to help, particularly who has experience with Traveller discrimination cases.
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02 Jun 2022
The Traveller Equality & Justice Project welcomes the establishment of the ‘Civil Legal Aid Review Group’ by Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee.
The Traveller Equality & Justice Project welcomes the establishment of the ‘Civil Legal Aid Review Group’ by Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee.
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06 May 2022
Report Launch: 'Barriers to Justice for Irish Travellers' - Watch the Recording here!
Last week the TEJP launched our latest report 'Barriers to Justice for Travellers Seeking to Challenge Discrimination: Mapping Traveller 'Rediscrimination' within the Equality System'. The report is now available to read online here.
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The Traveller Equality and Justice Project was funded by the European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) under Grant Agreement number: 963353 — TEJP — REC-AG-2020 / REC-RDIS-DISC-AG-2020 from January 2021-September 2023.