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Tue 06 Jun 2007Plight of Travellers stressed in latest reportHalf of the Travellers whose deaths were reported to the Parish of the Travelling People in Dublin over a 10-year period died before they reached 39 years of age, according to a study published yesterday.The report, Travellers' Last Rights, examines the records of deaths "responded to" by the Parish of the Travelling People from 1995 to 2004. The parish was established in 1980 under the direction of the Vincentian Community in Ireland.