Since Pat Kenny invited people to take part in a special programme on travellers we've been inundated with callers and emailers wanting to be in studio tonight.
We've heard from travellers themselves who talk about the discrimination and poverty they experience but also about problems that need to be faced within the traveller community. We've heard from people who live in areas where they say they experience anti-social behaviour and intimidation due to the presence of travellers but also from settled people who say relations between themselves and locally-based travellers is good and that there's no need for such a chasm to exist between the two communities.
We've heard from traveller representatives who say that travellers must be legally recognised as an ethnic minority deserving of special protection and from others who say the idea that travellers are an ethnic minority or deserving of special protection is a nonsense.
Where do you stand? Do travellers bring chaos and anti social behaviour to settled lives? Are travellers themselves the victims of discrimination and hostility from the settled community? How do travellers want their rights to be protected? Are travellers prepared to accept the responsibilities that go along with those rights? Is it dangerous to talk about "travellers" - imposing on them a collective responsibility for each others actions that we don't impose on settled people?
That's what we're talking about tonight so let us know your view by posting a comment below or by emailing thefrontline@rte.ie And don't forget that for the next three weeks we're on at the earlier time of 9.30pm
