Mary Brigid Collins addressed the All Ireland Chief Nursing Officers Conference at Dublin Castle on the 4th December. Mary Brigid, assistant co-ordinator of the Pavee Point Primary Health Care Project, spoke to a packed conference on a collective Community Development approach to addressing Traveller issues in health. The Conference focused on the routes to reform […]
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Month: December 2018
On December 14th in 1918, Irishwomen got the chance to cast their hard won right to vote for the first time. Two women, Countess Constance Markievicz In St Patrick’s ward in Dublin, and Winifred Carney in East Belfast, would also stand for election. Other political women, who had fought long & hard for the vote […]
read more →The Traveller ‘Beady Pocket’ is a cultural garment that gives a lot of information about Traveller culture and identity. The artist in residence at the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Róisín de Buitléar – in collaboration with the Museum, Pavee Point and TravAct, Coolock recently worked with 22 women, Travellers and […]
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In the run up to Human Rights Day 2018 our workers have been busy. Gabi Muntean, Roma Community Worker and Tessa Collins, Traveller Community Worker were both speaking up for equality for Traveller and Roma this week. “I will tell you a short story about a Roma family that came to Ireland in 2007…” Read […]
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