Academics support Traveller Ethnicity
Founded in August 2009, Human Rights in Ireland is a group academic blog with a focus on human rights issues in Ireland. Today (27 November) they published the following open letter on Traveller ethnicity....
Break the Silence – End Violence against Women
Watch Break the Silence Campaign video here! Pavee Point has launched its 2015 16 Days of Action campaign ‘Break the Silence’ to end violence against women....
Violence against Roma Women – New Booklet
Pavee Point has developed a new resource on Violence against Roma Women to increase Roma women’s access to safety and protection. Roma women often experience further barriers to services, safety and protection. In vast majority...
President Helps us Celebrate 30 Years
President Michael D. Higgins gave an inspiring speech at Pavee Point today (18th November) at our 30th Anniversary celebration. The President spoke with emotion about the discrimination and racism that Travellers experience and recalled...
Almost 5,500 sign up for Traveller agency
Almost 5,500 signed petitions calling for the establishment of a Traveller agency were delivered to the Government today (Nov 11th) by Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre. Minister Aodhán O Riordáin, Minister of State...
Lived Lives: A Pavee Perspective
Photo: Patrick Reilly, Pavee Point with John Connors and Helen Hutchinson at ‘Lived Lives: a Pavee Perspective “Suicide in Ireland is at epidemic proportions. In the Traveller community it’s like a plague and seems...
Traveller Ethnicity Debated in Dáil Eireann
This week saw Traveller ethnicity debated for the first time in Dáil Eireann and gave rise to a passionate plea from Equality Minister Aodhán O Riordáin to move away from ‘focus group equality’ to...
Traveller Groups walk out of Accommodation Conference
Traveller Groups today (Nov 3rd) walked out of a Government conference in protest at lack of progress on Traveller accommodation. The conference was organised for Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committees (LTACCs) who said...
Moving exhibition on Traveller suicide opens this Friday
Traveller Graduates
Today (Oct 29th) is a big day for Geraldine and Annmarie McDonnell (pictured with Professor Philip Nolan) who pick up the parchment to say they graduate from Maynooth University. The graduation ceremony takes place...