At a sentencing hearing on Tuesday, Colman FitzGerald SC for Puska's partner and mother of his children, Lucia Istokova, 36, said his client was always motivated by a desire to safeguard her children

The event, which took place the week of International Roma Day, April 8th, was opened by Minister for Equality Norma Foley

Travellers and Roma are two distinct ethnic groups with different histories, cultures, and languages

A supermarket has been ordered to pay €6,000 to a member of the Roma community from Romania for refusing him service in its store last year