PRESS STATEMENT: MOB VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN IRELAND

Pavee Point Press Statement 26 Oct 2014   Mob Violence Has No Place in Ireland Pavee Point strongly condemns any actions to intimidate and promote violence against Roma in Waterford.  This follows the publication of multiple Facebook pages which openly incite hatred against Roma, and reports of a public order incident on Saturday evening where […]

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Facebook Hate Speech Page Removed

A Facebook page called ‘Get Them Out of Town’ came to our attention on October 8th. The page had over 800 Likes and featured a number of racist and demeaning posts about the Roma population in Waterford, and users discussed vigilante violence against Roma on the page. This was not the first time that such […]

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