Month: November 2023

Pavee Point’s Violence against Women (VAW) Programme marked the 16-Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence by hosting an event to raise awareness of relationship abuse. This event was for Travellers and also raised awareness on services and supports available in their local areas. This event was done in partnership with Mary Hayes from Women’s Aid’s Too […]

The documentary ‘Patrick A Young Traveller Lost’, shown on RTE One, was a hugely sad and solemn call for the urgent action needed to improve Traveller mental health.  It is also a testament to people’s courage and to the resilience within the Traveller community. Improving Traveller mental health means improving Traveller life overall.   Mental […]

All in Pavee Point are horrified by the brutal attack on children and their carer in Dublin yesterday outside a school close to our base. Our prayers and thoughts are with them and their families and the whole school community. We are horrified by the violence which followed fuelled by the far right in pursuit […]

A Pavee Point group went to see the Traveller tinsmith can that is part of the ‘Andy Warhol Three Times Out’ exhibition at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. The tin can and jug were made as part of a workshop with tinsmiths Tom McDonnell and James Collins prior to the exhibition.  James and Tom made […]

Pavee Point was very happy today to host our second annual roundtable on education and training.   It was great to have people working in a range of education settings from Early Years to Third Level and Further Education as well as Traveller organisations from Donegal, Kilkenny, Limerick, Tipperary as well as Dublin attend.  There was […]

Pavee Point welcomes the first report on Ireland from the Council of Europe’s expert committee on Violence Against Women, (GREVIO) published yesterday on 13th November. The report echoes Pavee Point’s concerns that Traveller and Roma women’s experiences and needs are not sufficiently taken into account in current mechanisms and responses to gender based violence (GBV).  […]

Please see the agenda for our Roundtable on Education & Training. To book, please email tracey.reilly@pavee.ie. AGENDA 10.00 am – Registration – Tea and Coffee 10.30am – Welcome, Introduction to the Day, Opening Remarks Tracey Reilly, Pavee Point Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson Pavee Point 10.40am – Senator Eileen Flynn addresses the meeting 10.45am – Traveller and […]

People got a real feel for Donegal’s Musical Doherty’s thanks to the in-depth talk by Rab Cherry of Donegal Fiddle Music who presented at Pavee Point this week.  And thanks to those who attended and who travelled to be at the event especially Donegal Traveller Project. The talk, based on the family tree of Doherty […]

Are you committed to and experienced in working for human rights, particularly in health access, participation, and outcomes for marginalized or minority groups? Are you experienced in coordinating and leading policy, developing and overseeing innovative initiatives? Pavee Point invites you to lead the work of our large and dynamic Traveller Health Programme! See full job description here. Application […]

Celebrating recovery from addiction was the main theme of our ‘Pavee Celebration of Recovery’ event this week. (Photo: Speakers John Connors and Ann Marie Sweeney) Travellers in recovery from addiction gave powerful testimonies of their experiences.  Their stories were inspiring, and their experiences showed that trauma was at the root cause of their addiction, but […]