We are delighted with the media coverage that we received following our ten year celebration on September 28th at the Irish Film Centre in Dublin’s Temple Bar.

At the celebration, we highlighted the challenges faced by Travellers in accessing mainstream financial services and showcased what Travellers are doing to overcome this. We called on government to implement a number of measures to tackle financial exclusion amongst low-income groups.

Savings Culture

As part of our celebration, we launched the ‘Three Small Changes’ campaign – which we developed with leading design agency Red Dog. National Traveller MABS produced a number of short films, featuring contributions from Travellers throughout Ireland. One film promoted a savings culture amongst young Travellers by highlighting two young people who are setting a fine example. A second film showed the benefits that resulted from the positive relationship between a local Money Advice and Budgeting Service and a local Traveller primary health care group in Cork. You can now view the films on our Youtube channel. The media interest surrounding our birthday celebration was great.

We conducted a number of radio interviews

Journalist, Evelyn O’Rourke met with Nancy Power, Margaret Collins and Bernard Cawley for the Sean O’ Rourke show on RTÉ Radio 1. The interview highlighted the issue of financial exclusion for Travellers. To hear this interview please click here.

The work of National Traveller MABS was also covered in the print media.

Nicola Anderson examined the findings of the review of the loan guarantee scheme in a great piece in the Irish Independent on September 29th. Click here to view her article.

The Journal featured our 10-year celebration in a piece on September 28th. Please click here to view this article.

The Irish Examiner below showcased the 3 small changes campaign with a photo of Marie Joyce, Nancy Power and Nuala Ni Ghabhann.

Published: 06 November 2015