Stills from the video of the incident circulating on social media
Search
31 Dec 2025
Search
31 Dec 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Tusla PPFS team in North Tipperary were delighted to be awarded gold in the inaugural Tusla Excellence Awards for their work on and awareness project - Bringing Past Traveller Culture and Traditions in Mindful Parenting.
The Creative Mindfulness Project was a collaborative project between Tusla PPFS, HSE Traveller Primary Health Care Project in Nenagh and with the North Tipperary Development Company. This initiative aimed to give the Traveller women the skills to develop mindfulness strategies that they could utilise for their own emotional health and wellbeing and for the wellbeing of their children and families. This initiative also focused on promoting a positive relationship to bridge gaps and to enhance an understanding between members of the Travelling community and Tusla in North Tipperary.
The Traveller women involved are now using mindfulness practices in their everyday lives and using these skills in their parenting and with their families. This project has contributed to enhanced well-being for the group members. Overall, the Traveller women loved doing an activity which brought their community together in a calm, relaxing and safe environment.
Speaking of the winning the gold award, Fidelma Costello Child and Family Support Coordinator PPFS Tusla North Tipperary, said: “We are delighted to see such wonderful recognition of our mindfulness project with the HSE Traveller Primary Health Care Project in Nenagh and with the North Tipperary Development Company. The primary goal of this initiative was to provide an opportunity for the Traveller women to develop strategies to support their emotional wellbeing which they could also utilise in their parenting. It has been wonderful to see the positive results in the group, but also to see that the group are using the mindfulness skills in their day to day lives. In addition, the space allowed for a shared learning to occur regarding Tusla services and Traveller culture and traditions. This project has created connections between Tusla and the Traveller Community in North Tipperary that will positively enhance our relationships in the future.”
Bringing Past Traveller Culture and Traditions in Mindful Parenting was developed in line with the actions of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy II 2024-2028 (NITRIS II).
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
