Traveller Focus Week 2006 - Participation
Traveller Focus 2009
30 November to 11 December 2009
The dedicated website for Traveller Focus 2009 is at http://tfw.ie
Go there for news, information and an event guide.
The theme of the programme for 2009 is Traveller Pride.
Traveller Focus Week is organised by the three National Traveller Organisations, the Irish Traveller Movement, the National Traveller Women's Forum and Pavee Point Travellers Centre. In 2006 Pavee Point Travellers Centre is the designated lead organisation. The theme of the week this year is PARTICIPATION.
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Louis le Brocquy Speech
Click here to read Louis le Brocquy's Speech at the launch of Traveller Focus Week on Monday 4th December 2006.
Click here for photographs from the launch.
Pavee Point Calendar 2007
Pavee Point's 2007 Calendar is of Louis le Brocquy’s Tinker Series
The Calendar’s cover (right) is of "Travelling Woman with Newspaper"
The calendar is available from Pavee Point Travellers Centre
Information about Specific Events
New CD: The Raineys The Raineys. A rare recording of Irish Traveller music The Raineys is available to purchase from Pavee Point.
Click here for further information and ordering.
Launch of The Rainey’s CD
Venue- The Teachers Club Parnell Square
Date- December 8th 2006
Time- 8pm
Click here to read the Press Invite
National Traveller Focus Week to be Marked in Country Clare
You are invited to attend a meeting in the Inisheer Suite, West County Hotel, Ennis on Friday 8th December 2006 @ 11am
Click here for further details including a Press Release
General Information and Press Releases
Traveller Focus Week 2006 Programme of Events
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Press Release - Discrimination Against Travellers Highlighted in Traveller Focus Week – Pub Apologises for Discrimination Against Travellers
2006 - December Click here to view
Press Release - Grammy Award Winning Roma Music Band Damian & Brother’s perform at Sugar Club Tonight
2006 - December 6th Click here to view
Press Release: Tullamore Traveller Movement announce the launch of their resource pack titled: Travel With Travellers
2006 - December Click here to view
Press Release - Tuesday 5th Events
2006 - December Click here to view
Galway Traveller Movement - Press Release on Travellers Focus Week
2006 - December Click here to view
Press Release - Official Launch of Traveller Focus Week 2006
2006 - December Click here to view
Pavee Point Newsletter Issue Vol 2 Issue No. 5 and 6 December 2006 - to coincide with Travellers Focus Week
Double Edition Newsletter
2006 | 28 pages ISSN 1393-1024
Download in PDF format (size 2.3 Mb)
Information on Past Events
Dún laoghaire-Rathdown
Southside Travellers Action Group and Dún laoghaire-Rathdown County Council invite you to an informal session to network and learn more about Traveller culture, identity and participation in public life. Click here to view the flyer and agenda
Launch of Baseline Research
As part of the Galway Traveller Movement’s Launch of Baseline Research Monday 4th Nov 11am Michael Collins will perform an extract from his one-man play “It’s a cultural thing! Or is it?” He will perform the entire play on Monday evening in the Town Hall Theatre and tickets are on sale to the public. Anyone interested should contact Hannagh at the GTM – 091 765390.
Lunchtime Reading from Stuck
New Play by award-wining playwright Rosaleen McDonagh
Date: Thursday 7th December 2006
Time: 12.45-14.00
Venue: The Project Arts Theatre
39 EAST ESSEX STREET, TEMPLE BAR, DUBLIN 2, IRELAND.
Free Event for Bookings
Contact ( 353 1) 881 9613/14
Launch of Report by NCCRI The NCCRI are Launching a Report on Minority Ethnic Group Inclusion in Public Services with a specific Focus on Travellers (Editors Philip Watt and Fiona McGaughey)
Venue: The Clarence Hotel, 6-8 Wellington Quay, Temple Bar.
Date: December 7th 2006
Time: 2pm A light lunch will be served.
Contact: zoe@nccri.ie or call 01 8588000
Launch of Culture Pack 7th Dec 2006
Tullamore Travellers Movement
Thurs 6pm
TTM Offices
Harbour Street
Tullamore
Contact 057 9352438 Click here for further details
Health Service Executive Seminar - Traveller Inclusion in Primary Care Teams
6th December from 10-12 noon in the Meeting Room 1, Civic Offices, Ballymun
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Shuttle Knit at The National Crafts and Design
The National Crafts and Design Fair, R.D.S. Ballsbridge from Wednesday 6 December to Sunday 10 December and the Mermaid Theatre Bray from the 2nd of December
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Roma Music Event - 6th Dec 8pm, Sugar Club
The Romanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Romanian Embassy in Ireland, with the kind assistance of the Rroma Support Group, Ireland, are delighted to announce an exciting evening of Rroma Music in Dublin on the 6th of December. The world famous and Grammy award winning band Damian & Brother’s combines traditional Rroma music with contemporary sounds like jazz and rock to produce their unique sound that has captured audiences around the world.
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