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Thu 07 Jul 2010Study finds one in five would deny citizenship to Travellers
ONE IN five Irish people would deny citizenship to Travellers, a new survey has found. This result was described as “frightening” by report author Fr Michael Mac Greil SJ. It marks an increase of 10 per cent over the last 20 years and shows a “growing polarisation in public attitudes towards Travellers”, he said.
He was speaking last night as he published Emancipation of the Travelling People which monitors changes in public attitude towards Travellers over the past 35 years.
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