ARDARA features in tonight’s Nationwide on RTÉ One (7pm) with Senator Eileen Flynn showing Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh around the village she now calls home.
Senator Flynn talks about family, her husband Liam Whyte and their two children and about the community spirit in Donegal.
She also reveals what inspires her in her activism.
Eileen Flynn made history earlier this year as the first person from the Traveller community to address the Dáil.
Upbringing
She tells Bláthnaid about her upbringing in Labre Park in Ballyfermot, how her parents inspired her to speak out and the importance of education.
She talks about her realisation at a very young age that she was treated differently by some in society, about an accident which still impacts her today and about her mother’s death at a young age. She speaks about her mother’s activism and her father’s passion for politics and the GAA. And she reflects on not feeling like she belonged in education and how that is a huge hurdle for Traveller women.
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