‘Counting Us In’ Seminars
Two days of ‘Counting Us In’ workshops kicked off with Traveller leaders and the second day was dedicated to Roma. Roma workshop participants included people active in community projects to church leaders and strong...
World Suicide Prevention Day 10th September
‘Suicide among Travellers is six times the national average and accounts for 11% of all Traveller deaths. This is shocking,” says John Collins of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre on World Suicide Prevention...
Travellers Reach Out on Suicide
Suicide accounts for 11% of all deaths within the Traveller community, according to the All Ireland Health Study 2010 and is six times higher than the national average. A variety of factors have led...
Health Day in Finglas
Pavee Point Health Team and the Irish Heart Foundation held a health day in Finglas on Monday the 7th of September. The Heart Foundation Roadshow set up in Avila Park and Cappagh Field so...
Martin Folan Collection at Pavee Point
In the early 1990s, community activist Martin Folan approached artist Mick O’Dea about working with Travellers. O’Dea painted a series of nine close-up portraits of Traveller men and women, without any props or background...
Press Statement: Yes to Equality: Yes to Ethnicity Recognition?
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement June 9th 2015 Yes to Equality: Yes to Ethnicity Recognition? Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre today welcomes the questions posed by the UN Committee on Economic,...
Counting Us In- Human Rights Count!
Ethnic data collection within a human rights framework in Ireland What is the project? This project is part of an ongoing campaign for ethnic data collection within a human rights framework in Ireland by...
Edu ROM Magazine featuring Pavee Point volunteers
EduRom is an innovative European project that arises from the situation of many Roma people that is increasingly deteriorated. Many Roma people experience unemployment, low income, reduced life expectancy and poor quality of life. Moreover, Roma...
Pavee Point welcomes the setting up of a National Traveller Roma Inclusion Steering Group
The Department of Justice and Equailty have set up a new National Traveller Roma Inclusion Steering Group which is being chaired by Minister Ó Ríordáin. Pavee Point welcomes this new body, which has committed...
Global Village discusses the Roma needs assessment in Ireland
Listen to Siobhan Curran, Roma Project Coordinator and Alex Petrovics, Roma peer researcher, talking to Dil Wickremhasinghe on Global Village, Newstalk. Siobhan and Alex discussed the national needs assessment that is taking place with...