Since the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions, concerns have been raised about the difficulty of self isolation in some communities.
Those concerns extend to the Traveller Community, particularly those living on sites with limited facilities. Today is International Traveller and Roma Day and the representative body for the Traveller and Roma communities in Ireland is running an online campaign for people to show solidarity with them during the pandemic through the hashtag #TravellerandRoma2020 Pavee Point said there are cases of Covid-19 among Travellers nationally and a number of them are in critical care.
However, without an official ethnic identifier - something Pavee Point has called for previously – it is difficult to see the impact