President receives Dr. Sindy Joyce on a courtesy call

Thu 15th Dec, 2022 | 11:30

Thursday, 15th December, 2022

President receives Dr. Sindy Joyce on a courtesy call

President Higgins welcomed Dr. Sindy Joyce to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.

Dr. Sindy Joyce is an Irish Traveller, human rights activist and academic sociologist.

In January 2019 Dr. Joyce became the first Irish Traveller to obtain a doctorate from an Irish university. Her doctoral thesis funded by the Irish Research Council, "Mincéirs Siúladh: An ethnographic study of young Travellers’ experiences of urban space", explored the interaction of young Travellers with the settled community and the Gardaí in Galway city.