Presidential candidate Peter Casey is set to visit the unoccupied houses at the centre of a dispute with the Traveller community in Tipperary. Presidential candidate Peter Casey is set to visit the unoccupied houses at the centre of a dispute with the Traveller community in Tipperary. He landed himself in hot water after telling Independent.ie that Travellers are “basically people camping in someone else’s land”. However, rather than drop out it appears Mr Casey is set to double down on his remarks. Mr Casey has said: "I'm sorry, there's something seriously wrong with society when we're at that stage.”Online Editors

Source: Irish Independent October 17, 2018 15:45 UTC