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Galway Traveller Movement has launched its Election Manifesto for the upcoming general election. They are asking candidates to address the discrimination and racism experienced by the Traveller community in Galway city and county.

My name is Latisha McCrudden, and I am nineteen years of age. I sat my Leaving Cert this summer and with hard work and determination have been accepted into the University of Galway to study Law where my dream of being a solicitor can be fulfilled, a dream I have had since I was a young girl. For as long as I can remember I have always dreamt and pictured myself taking on high class cases in Ireland and being my own boss in my own office.

An event hosted to celebrate young Traveller change makers took place in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel recently.

Mayo Social Inclusion Week is a chance to promote and highlight the very positive work that the public and the community sectors do on a day to day basis to reduce discrimination, racism, poverty and social exclusion and to reflect on the many challenges

Eight winners including a first appointee to the Oireachtas, an Institutional redress campaigner, an inspirational student, a TV musical finalist, a 16-year old multi titled boxer, a female youth leader, a women's drama group and a suicide and mental health activist, were honored at the annual Traveller Pride Awards in the Pillar Room, Dublin, last week.