Dublin Pride Parade
The Dublin Pride Parade celebrating LGBTQ culture will take place on Saturday, 28 June 2014. The 10-day festival will overlap with Traveller Pride Week events this year. Pavee Point staff will be marching again...
Travellers in the Irish Prison System
The Irish Penal Reform Trust launched a qualitative research report on the experiences of Travellers in the Irish prison system on 19 May at the Chester Beatty Library. Martin Collins spoke at the event....
Children are the future of our world
At time when the focus many in Nation’s Capital is on youth gangs and violence, historic Metropolitan AME Church in down town will spot light youth who are achieving academically and will display their...
Press Release: Sinn Fein Resignation
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement May 22nd , 2014 Sinn Fein Resignation for anti Traveller comment is ‘Action instead of an empty promise’ Pavee Point today welcomes the resignation of...
Roma: One People, Many Lives- Book Now!
Roma: One People Many Lives Details about how to host the exhibition The Roma: One People Many Lives photographic exhibition is now available for booking at events nationwide. Any comunity, group or organisation can...
Fighting Back: Roma Resistance in Auschwitz-Birkenau
“The gypsies, who knew what was in store for them, screamed: fights broke out, shots went off and people were wounded. SS reinforcements arrived when the trucks were only half full. The gypsies even...
Report from Children’s Ombudsman
The Children’s Ombudsman was asked to compile a report on the removal of two Roma children from their families last October. While this report has not yet been released to the public, details of...
Realising Roma Children’s Rights
Realising Roma Children’s Rights Conference Pavee Point hosted the conference “Realising Roma Children’s Rights” on 10 April to mark International Traveller and Roma Day. The conference was addressed by Minister Fitzgerald, Emily Logan, Professor...
Young Travellers and Mental Health
The Pavee Point youth Programme received funding through Connected Communities at the National Youth Council of Ireland to investigate Traveller youth mental health. Given the 11% Traveller suicide rate and the fact that over...
Traveller Drug Network Meeting 20th May 2014
Save the Date!- May 20th, 2014 The second Traveller Drug Network meeting of 2014 will take place on Tuesday, 20 May from 11am – 2pm at Pavee Point. The focus will be on practical...