Editing Irish Travellers (section)

===Travellers' sites in the United Kingdom===
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The passing of the [[Caravan Sites Act 1968]] safeguarded Travellers' right to a site, but the [[Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994]] repealed part II of the 1968 act, removing the duty on local authorities in the UK to provide sites for Travellers and giving them the power to close down existing sites. In Northern Ireland, opposition to Travellers' sites has been led by the [[Democratic Unionist Party]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hainsworth |first1=Paul |title=Divided Society: Ethnic Minorities and Racism in Northern Ireland |date=1998 |publisher=Pluto Press |isbn=978-0-7453-1195-1 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Divided_Society/eOCNOxvBbvIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=DUP%20politicians%20have%20been%20in%20the%20forefront%20of%20opposition%20to%20Travellers%27%20sites |language=en}}</ref>

However, Travellers make frequent use of other, non-authorised sites. These include public [[common land]] and private plots such as large fields and other privately owned lands. A famous example was the occupation of [[Dale Farm]] in Essex in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jul/27/dale-farm-essex-travellers-eviction|title=Dale Farm Travellers: 'We won't just get up and leave'|author=Rachel Stevenson|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 July 2010|access-date=30 August 2010}}</ref> The Travellers claim that there is an under-provision of authorised sites. The Gypsy Council estimates under-provision amounts to insufficient sites for 3,500 people.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4213875.stm|title=Councils 'must find Gypsy sites'|work=BBC News|date=2005-01-27}}</ref>