President Higgins welcomed Dr. Sindy Joyce to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.
Dr. Sindy Joyce is an Irish Traveller, human rights activist and academic sociologist.
In January 2019 Dr. Joyce became the first Irish Traveller to obtain a doctorate from an Irish university. Her doctoral thesis funded by the Irish Research Council, "Mincéirs Siúladh: An ethnographic study of young Travellers’ experiences of urban space", explored the interaction of young Travellers with the settled community and the Gardaí in Galway city.
