âPeople sometimes come for a look around and they are shaming us. They are looking at us and laughing. It is discrimination,â says Margaret, who is proud to be a Traveller, but bridles at the discrimination endured. âWhen we go to shops people walk away. We were in a [SPORTS]team once and one girl said, âTravellers,â and she made a face,â she told The Irish Times, who spoke to her with the permission of parents. Her eight- year-old brother Tommy would love to live in a house, too. Often, he says, he watches rats running around the halting site. He asks if this reporter works for the council.