Voice of the Traveller - October 2008 - Issue 64

Selected articles of the October 2008 issue of Voice of the Traveller. Click on the images to either see the front page of our selected edition or read an article.

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	In this issue: Beijing Boxers - Travellers take Olympics by storm Travellers and ethnicity - The Big Debate Martin Beanz on - Samaritans and Buffers Feuding families - Where does it end? Weddings of the month
	Boxing clever The multi-medal winning Irish Olympic Boxing team included two Irish Travellers: John Joe Joyce and John Joe Nevin. David Lynch reports for Voice of the Traveller on what happened to the Traveller Olympians in the Far East.
	The Big Debate: Ethnicity Are Irish Travellers a distinct ethnic group in Ireland? Or are they a community of Irish people just with different cultural aspects to their lives? Catherine Joyce, chairperson of Irish Traveller Movement and Tuam politician Martin Ward, speak from both sides of the debate.
	Red Hot Summer It was a summer of discontent within the Traveller community. Feuding and violence between some Travellers in Mullingar and elsewhere consistently made the headlines. Our journalist David Lynch spoke to Travellers and those who work with them about the issues surrounding conflict and reconciliation.
	Martin Beanz on... Samaritans and Buffers
	Martin McDonagh – The Fighting Thrush Leitrim Traveller Tom McDonagh recalls hearing stories about the legendary 'Fighting Thrush' when he was a child...

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