Month: September 2018

Week one of a new 6-week programme – Pavee Gloke Health – has taken place. The aims of the programme are: Improve the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of Traveller men Explore issues that impact on Traveller men and the wider Traveller community Workshops took place and this work is combined with outdoor activities. […]

Traveller mothers-to-be face the harshest pregnancy and birth statistics in Ireland:  Higher rates of pregnancy loss  Higher rates of premature births  Lower birth weights  Infant mortality rate that is 3.5 times the national rate “These figures indicate that the majority of Traveller babies are effectively disadvantaged right from conception,” said Lynsey […]

Pavee Point is delighted this week to welcome a delegation from Scotland who have come on an information exchange in relation to working with Travellers. The delegation is made up of Scottish Government personnel as well as members of civil society and human rights organisations.  Scottish Ministers have recently joined to tackle inequalites in Scotland […]

Singer Thomas McCarthy spoke of  how music was all around when he was growing up at the opening of ‘My Comfort And My Joy’ at the Douglas Hyde Gallery on 18th September.  He explained that traditionally Travellers were the entertainment as they brought music and song from place to place. Thomas carries on this proud […]