Lorraine Clifford-Lee has apologised for the language she used in past tweets about travellers.
Speaking on Morning Ireland, the Fianna Fáil Senator said that she has educated herself on minority issues in the years since making the comments. She also met with Pavee Point, who accepted her apology.
Martin Beanz Warde and Roe McDermott discussed this story and more in The Week Trending, including the 'Grafton Quarter' controversy in Dublin and the woman in London who was fined for screaming at a passenger eating boiled eggs on a train.
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