On Tuesday evening Martin Collins, Co Director of Pavee Point, addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the question of Traveller accommodation: addressing housing delivery plans, the recommendations of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation, and meeting the urgent needs of the Traveller community. In his opening statement, Martin spoke […]
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To mark International Roma and Traveller Day 2026, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre is delighted to invite you to ‘The Unheard 12 Million’: a photography exhibition documenting the stories and resilience of Roma and Traveller communities living on the margins in European member states. Exhibition: ‘The Unheard 12 Million’ Date: Monday 13 April – […]
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Last week the Children’s Right Alliance (CRA) published their annual ‘report card’: grading the Government’s achievements for the previous year in areas that affect children and young people. ‘Report Card 2026’ is the eighteenth edition in the series, and the first for the current Fianna Fáil and Fine Geal leadership and their ‘Programme for Government […]
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On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2026, we stand at a critical moment in the fight for equality and human dignity in Ireland and across Europe. This year’s global theme for March 21 — ‘Mobilising Political Will’ — is one that resonates: as we confront the rise of […]
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Today, the Ombudsman for Children (OCO) released its Annual Report 2023 “Uncertain Times”. Dr Niall Muldoon, head of the OCO, stated that there is a climate of “uncertainty and instability” for youth in Ireland. Commenting on the launch of the Annual Report and its findings, Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, […]
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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 Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre. This one year project funded by the Open Society Foundation, focuses on advocating for the […]
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Minister for Equality, Aodhan Ó Ríordáin presents Roma researchers with certificates as part of ground-breaking new research Ahead of International Roma and Traveller day on 8th April, 20 members of the Roma community were today awarded with certificates by Minister Ó Ríordáin for completing research training in Pavee Point. These researchers are part of a […]
read more →Promoting a YES in #MarRef Pavee Point is delighted to announce our support for a YES vote in the upcoming Marriage Equality referendum. As a human rights organisation, Pavee Point is committed to human rights for everyone, not just some of us. Pavee Point was also present to support the launch of BeLonGTo’s Yes campaign […]
read more →‘Make it Happen – Stop Violence against Women’ Sunday 8th of March marked International Women’s Day during which people across the world celebrate achievements and highlight gaps in women’s rights. Pavee Point delivered a thematic event to launch its International Women’s Day poster 2015 and engaged in a social media campaign to highlight violence against […]
read more →Easter Celebrations with the Parent Child Home Programme Families from the Pavee Point Parent Child Home Programme (PCHP) attended Easter celebrations in the IFSC, Dublin on Thursday 26 March. The event was organised by the Early Learning Initiative in the National College of Ireland for PCHP families from Inchicore, Docklands and the Finglas area. Currently […]
read more →What’s it like being young Roma and LGBT? “Although we are two barely educated Roma women living in quite bad conditions, we dared to ask to be recognised as a same-sex family and, when resettled, to be granted one social housing unit where we will be living together.”(Maria, 28, Serbia) You can read the life […]
read more →Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement February 24th 2015 Minister: Get Rid of Discriminatory Enrolment Policies Speaking today following the Supreme Court dismissal in the case of Stokes v High School Clonmel, Pavee Point Director Martin Collins highlighted the ongoing and endemic discrimination created by enrolment policies in Ireland. “This outcome effectively legalises […]
read more →Water is a Human Right As part of One World Week, young Travellers investigated water and its impact on young people and young Travellers, including those living in poor conditions in Ireland. They made a video about their investigations to present what they learned. The video and the making of it, were featured on RTE […]
read more →According to a Eurobarometer survey, over one in two Europeans believe that discrimination because of one’s racial or ethnic origin is widespread. However, there is no data available across Europe on how amny people experience this discrimination. Without measuring it, it is impossible to challenge it. The European Network Against Racism have launched a new report “Measure, […]
read more →A thematic Roma Rights Forum was held in Pavee Point on 16 October. This thematic session examined the process of undertaking local needs analyses through a discussion of principles and approaches to working with communities. The following three areas were discussed: Human Rights Based Approaches – Fidelma Joyce, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Including […]
read more →Pavee Point Press Statement 26 Oct 2014 Mob Violence Has No Place in Ireland Pavee Point strongly condemns any actions to intimidate and promote violence against Roma in Waterford. This follows the publication of multiple Facebook pages which openly incite hatred against Roma, and reports of a public order incident on Saturday evening where […]
read more →Porajmos, the forgotten Roma Genocide. Under the rule of Nazi Germany, the Roma were persecuted, detained and executed as part of the Holocaust. Roma call the Roma Genocide the Porajmos, which means the ‘Devouring’ in Romani language. There was segregated provision even in extermination camps. In the extermination camp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, section Blle was […]
read more →Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement July 24th, 2014 TIME FOR ACTION ON TRAVELLER AND ROMA EQUALITY Pavee Point today welcomes the UN call for Ireland to take concrete steps to recognise Traveller ethnicity. Speaking today, Director Martin Collins stated “This follows similar recommendations in the past by human rights bodies […]
read more →On July 14th and 15th, Pavee Point attended in Geneva for Ireland’s hearings before the 111th Session of the Human Rights Committee. Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald TD was in attendance with officials from Government departments to answer questions and make statements during the hearings. Pavee Point and other Traveller organisations have been advocating the […]
read more →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 it have emerged in the Sunday Times, published May 11th. Further coverage has emerged from The Irish Times today, as well […]
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