"50% of Travellers die before the age of 39" | Hughie Maughan on the stigma against Irish Travellers

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  • čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
  • Hughie Maughan talks about growing up as a Traveller and coming out as gay in the Travelling Community.
    He mentions Senator Eileen Flynn as someone who taught him a lot and he explains how in a survey that was conducted on employers in Ireland, 83% said they wouldn't hire a Traveller purely for that reason.
    Hughie questions how can change be expected when this stigma exists. He talks about how there can be reluctance to change within the Travelling Community and he feels Traveller generations are a generation behind.
    "I was raised how some of my non-traveller friend's parents were"
    #SixVMTV #HughieMaughan #KarenKoster #MartinKing

Komentáře • 16

  • @danielgavigan7606
    @danielgavigan7606 Před 2 lety +17

    Life choices determine the life span of people. In order to survive people need to evolve ,need to welcome rather than resisting change in their environment. People need to stop inserting a finger in a candle flame and then complaining of being burned .

    • @BigWes95
      @BigWes95 Před rokem

      Or many of them don't have access to basic medical care 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @michaelroche6181
      @michaelroche6181 Před 11 měsíci

      ​​@@BigWes95 The health services are open and available to all in the community.

    • @synergysportals
      @synergysportals Před 28 dny

      Well when you say it like that it sounds easy. But its not as if these people are literally throwing themselves into fires... It's way more complex than that

  • @aidieoo4753
    @aidieoo4753 Před 2 lety +7

    Any comments on the incident at Dublin Airport a few weeks ago when a traveller fight broke out. They stamped on a man's head in front of children. It took settled people to get involved and save the injured man by pulling him from the animals attacking him. Any comment????

    • @Martaaaiiin
      @Martaaaiiin Před 2 lety

      I got a man from Leeds on the phone. Wants to make comments on everything Jimmy Saville every did.

    • @aidieoo4753
      @aidieoo4753 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Martaaaiiin put him on speaker phone and we will talk. Then we can put Pavee point on speaker phone. I tell you I would love the opportunity to have that conversation.

    • @aidieoo4753
      @aidieoo4753 Před 2 lety +2

      No reply on that Martin. Funny I did not think so..
      You clown 🤡 🤣 😂

    • @aidieoo4753
      @aidieoo4753 Před 2 lety +1

      @@leedarcy5344 of what???

  • @neilwalker1555
    @neilwalker1555 Před 2 lety +7

    Christ. Yeah ye do die young but it's not because you're oppressed or because of prejudice. Your clans have spent decades interbreeding with each other which has lead to genetic problems to the extent that infants need special supplements right after being born.
    It's nothing to do with poverty either because you can afford big weddings and bigger funerals.
    That's without the steroid usage and chronic drug addiction running rampant.
    Take some responsibiltiy for your lives, live like regular people, stop the criminal activity and ye might have a better time of it.

  • @liamg1706
    @liamg1706 Před 2 lety +5

    I highly doubt that is an accurate statistic

  • @TheIrishBosnian
    @TheIrishBosnian Před 2 lety +5

    Yeah, but why are they dieing?
    Maybe that's the point... asking why.

  • @Demetri450
    @Demetri450 Před měsícem

    That is a very high number

  • @colm98
    @colm98 Před 2 lety +2

    Keep on keeping on Hughie

  • @bernadettequinn446
    @bernadettequinn446 Před 2 lety +4

    Dreadful comments on here.