Evicting Travellers Solves Nothing
Pavee Point calls for a moratorium on evictions and on the use of Housing (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 2002 – Trespass Act – which can be used to confiscate property and prosecute Travellers on the side of...
Pavee Point condemns evictions of 17 families from Traveller halting site –
Pavee Point calls on Environment Minister, Alan Kelly TD, to intervene as a matter of urgency to compel Louth County Council to provide alternative accommodation for 17 Traveller families evicted from a halting site...
Gearing Up for Census 2016 – April 24th
Pavee Point is continuing its work with the Census office in the run up to the Census 2016 on the 24th of April. This week we delivered an information session to Central Statistics Office...
UN Committee to hear that Traveller and Roma children’s rights need to be respected
“Recognising Travellers as a minority ethnic group would be a major step for Traveller children,” said Kathleen McDonnell, Pavee Point who is attending the examination of Ireland’s report before the UN Committee on the Rights...
Dates for Public Consultation on National Traveller Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS)
The consultation on the revised National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) is entering its second phase. The second phase of the consultation process consists of four regional meetings to discuss and agree the objectives to...
Ready, Steady, Go! on Traveller Men’s Action Programme
Our Traveller Men’s Action Programme got off to a good start in December and is featured in the current issue of Travellers’ Voice. An article by David Murphy talks about four challenges that a...
School Absenteeism Case Highlights Education as a Human Right
This week’s decision by Judge Mary Larkin to jail 10 Traveller parents for failing to send their children to school highlights the importance of protecting education as a human right. Pavee Point is committed...