The Common Travel Area was the focus of a day of discussion hosted by ourselves in the Communications Workers’ Union, William Norton House, Dublin on September 21 2023.
In conjunction with the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) and the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR), the townhall meeting examined the challenges the Common Travel Area (CTA) creates for some people living on the island of Ireland.
As well as a lived experience panel of individuals – some of whom had to apply for a visa just to travel to Dublin – speakers included Chief Commissioner of Northern Ireland’s Human Rights Commission Alyson Kilpatrick, Senator Emer Currie, People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy, Daniel Holder of CAJ, Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny and Shane O’Curry of INAR.
