Press Release: Sinn Fein Resignation
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement May 22nd , 2014 Sinn Fein Resignation for anti Traveller comment is ‘Action instead of an empty promise’ Pavee Point today welcomes the resignation of...
Roma: One People, Many Lives- Book Now!
Roma: One People Many Lives Details about how to host the exhibition The Roma: One People Many Lives photographic exhibition is now available for booking at events nationwide. Any comunity, group or organisation can...
Fighting Back: Roma Resistance in Auschwitz-Birkenau
“The gypsies, who knew what was in store for them, screamed: fights broke out, shots went off and people were wounded. SS reinforcements arrived when the trucks were only half full. The gypsies even...
Report from Children’s Ombudsman
The Children’s Ombudsman was asked to compile a report on the removal of two Roma children from their families last October. While this report has not yet been released to the public, details of...
Realising Roma Children’s Rights
Realising Roma Children’s Rights Conference Pavee Point hosted the conference “Realising Roma Children’s Rights” on 10 April to mark International Traveller and Roma Day. The conference was addressed by Minister Fitzgerald, Emily Logan, Professor...
Young Travellers and Mental Health
The Pavee Point youth Programme received funding through Connected Communities at the National Youth Council of Ireland to investigate Traveller youth mental health. Given the 11% Traveller suicide rate and the fact that over...
Traveller Drug Network Meeting 20th May 2014
Save the Date!- May 20th, 2014 The second Traveller Drug Network meeting of 2014 will take place on Tuesday, 20 May from 11am – 2pm at Pavee Point. The focus will be on practical...
Education Plan at Anglican Church
The officers invite Church of the Brethren members to join them in prayer on Wednesday mornings at 8 a.m. (each in their own time zone) until the start of next year’s Conference. The officers...
Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on Traveller Ethnicity
Today, April 17th, the Joint Oirechtas Committee on Justice presented their Report on Traveller Ethnicity, which recommends the recognition of Travellers by the Taoiseach or Minister for Justice and Equality by way of a...
PRESS STATEMENT: Our Ethnicity-Our Pride, Your prejudice
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statment April 17th 2014 ‘Our Ethnicity- Our Pride, Your Prejudice: Time for the State to end this cycle of ethnicity denial’ Pavee Point today welcomes the...