[2][3] The organisation represents 40 local and national Traveller groups from the island of Ireland.
[6] ITM was one of the groups which submitted recommendations to a Seanad Committee on the inclusion of Travellers in Irish public life.
[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the ITM highlighted the difficulty the Travelling communities have relating to access to clean water, toilets, and the cramped sites on which many families live.
[11] Awards are given out across 7 fields: community, enterprise and employment, sport, education, intersectionality, youth, arts and culture, and music.
Past winners have included Laura Angela Collins and Oein DeBhairduin.