This weeks guest on Stand Out with Ian O’Connell is Tony Coffey. Tony Currently serves as a community health worker for Kerry Travellers Health and Community Development Project. In this role, I support individuals facing any challenges they may encounter. It’s important for other Travellers to know that we are here to support them and that seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness. Despite the challenges Tony has faced he went on to complete his junior and leaving certificate is currently in college studying social care.
We will be talking about growing up as a in the travelling community, challenges he has faced, being an example to others in the travelling community to con and much more.
This is the 6th episode of a series I will be doing over the next couple of months called ‘See it to Be it” brought to you by @radiokerry and funded by Coimisiún na Meán with the Television Licence Fee”
