In this episode I bring you an interview with T.J. Hogan. T.J. is the coordinator of the East Cork Traveller Project. He has a B.A. in Community Development and Sociology from Cork Institute of Technology. T.J. also ran for T.D. and local elections in Cork.

In this episode T.J. and I discuss his experience of growing up as a Traveller in Ireland and in his community on the north side of Cork City. We discuss the issues facing the Travelling community and the mental health crisis they are facing.

Resources mentioned in this episode;

Float like a butterfly;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AJmzdoGpOY

I am Traveller (John Connors);

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rawJSUFZzGM

Pieta House

East Cork Traveller Project

1963 Commission on Itinerancy;

https://itmtrav.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ITM-Review-of-the-1963-Commission-on-Itinerancy.pdf

What's in T.J. Hogan's mental health tool box?

Manchester United and watching the soccer.

Having at least one person to talk to and surrounding yourself with good people.