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Her husband committed suicide, which was my brother. and then after that it was kind of like it became, unfortunately, it was nearly every month, 28 members of my family would have committed suicide. # i was born a tinker and i ll tell you no lie.# travellers say their horrific suicide rate is a consequence of being one of the most discriminated against and poorest ethnic groups in europe. they re pleading for society to care more about statistics like these. our suicide rate s seven times higher than non travellers. only 3% of us live past the age of 65 years of age. 80% of us are unemployed, and only 1% of us reach third level education. if that was a stat of any other community within ireland, there would be international attention. families in traditional halting locations now often live in substandard,
A community fighting for its soul. my second little cousin, marlene, she was 13, she died through suicide. mags casey has witnessed generational devastation a mental health crisis amongst ireland s travellers. more than one in ten take their own lives. ten years ago, on the 2nd ofjanuary, i got a phone call to say my sister in law has committed suicide. two years after that, her husband committed suicide, which was my brother. and then after that it was kind of like it became, unfortunately, it was nearly every month, 28 members of my family # i was born a tinker and i ll tell you no lie.# travellers say their horrific suicide rate is a consequence of being one of the most discriminated against and poorest ethnic
Take their own lives. ten years ago, on the 2nd ofjanuary, i got a phone call to say my sister in law has committed suicide. two years after that, her husband committed suicide, which was my brother. and then after that it was kind of like it became, unfortunately, it was nearly every month, 28 members of my family would have committed suicide. # i was born a tinker and i ll tell you no lie.# travellers say their horrific suicide rate is a consequence of being one of the most discriminated against and poorest ethnic groups in europe. they re pleading for society to care more about statistics like these. our suicide rate s seven times higher than non travellers. only 3% of us live past the age of 65 years of age. 80% of us are unemployed, and only 1% of us reach third level education.