Fingal County Council Protest
On November 25th, Pavee Point was one of countless organisations in attendance at the office of Fingal County Council to protest the lack of action in relation to Traveller Accommodation. The protest, organised by...
Labour Party Conference 2013
The Labour Party held their National Conference in Killarney in the last weekend of November. Pavee Point were invited to attend when Labour Equality tabled a motion for the recognition of Traveller ethnicity to...
Roma Rights Forum
A new Forum for progressing Roma human rights Context: Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre works to promote the realisation of human rights of Travellers and Roma in Ireland. Many Roma in Ireland are...
Traveller Drug Network Meeting
Save the date! The first 2014 TDN will take place on Tuesday, 18 February from 11am – 4pm at Pavee Point. Noel O’Connor from Urrús/Ballymun Youth Action Project will provide the input on ‘Performance &...
PP calls on OSCE to promote Inclusion
Pavee Point attended the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna in October. The meeting, organized jointly by the Ukrainian 2013 OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), marked ...
Human Rights Committee questions for Ireland
Human Rights Committee highlights Traveller ethnicity and Roma inclusion in questions to Ireland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Human Rights Committee will examine Ireland in July 2014. In advance...
Traveller Ethnicity at Joint Oireachtas Committee
Pavee Point this week welcomed the completion of hearings at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality on the issue of Traveller ethnicity. The Committee heard from Traveller organisations in April 2013. In...
Launch of ‘Talk to Me’ Song and CD with TVG Choir
The launch of ‘Talk to Me’, a song and CD in support of Traveller Mental Health, will be held in Millennium Hall at Cork City Hall on November 27th, 2013 from 3-6pm. “Talk to...
Travellers Accessing Addiction Services
The Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse recently published an article that Siobhan Cafferty, former Pavee Point Drugs Programme Coordinator, co-authored with researchers from the Health Research Board, pertaining to Travellers accessing addiction services...
Well Woman morning with Maire Keating Foundation
On 21st October a Well Women morning was held at Pavee Point in Partnership with the Maire Keating Foundation. Thirty Traveller women from the Dublin area attended the event which began with a presentation...