Findings of local authority Traveller accommodation fire safety audits are unsurprising but lamentable, says Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre as more and more local authorities make public their Traveller fire safety audits as...
This special publication gives an account of the work of Pavee Point in Traveller community development over the last 30 years and features the evocative and empowering photographs of Derek Speirs. “If there is...
Statement from Kerry Traveller Health Community Development Project on the ‘Travelling Rose’ event, 5-7 August 2016, Listowel, Co. Kerry August 4th 2016 Kerry Traveller Health Community Development Project would like to extend a warm...
Roma in Ireland met today in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford to commemorate Roma Holocaust Memorial Day and remember the estimated 500,000 Roma who were murdered by the Nazis. The Roma Health Advocacy Project and RCPE hosted...
Pavee Point welcomes the acknowledgement by Press Ombudsman Peter Feeney that an article published by the Irish Daily Mail in 2014 contained generalisations about the Traveller community and was offensive . In his judgement...
The need for Traveller specific accommodation has been highlighted by the Government in its housing and homelessness plan, Rebuilding Ireland, launched today. This acknowledgement of the crisis in Traveller accommodation means the Housing Agency...
In our Pre Budget Submission we are calling on the Government to help safeguard against child poverty in the Roma community and remove child benefit from habitual residence condition requirements And we’re asking that the...
There were many struggles and happy memories recalled at the Donegal Travellers’ Project 20th Anniversary event this week. And lots of plans for the future. Speakers recalled the great work of the project and...
Traditionally, summer holidays coincide with the eviction of Roma and Travellers throughout Europe, which takes place almost unnoticed. This week six international organisations stress the human cost of evictions and recall standards in a...
The Department of Justice and Equality has scheduled new dates for the second round of consultations on the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy: Sligo: Thurs 22nd of September Athlone: Fri 23rd of September...
