January 2026 - Pavee Point

Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham

On Sunday Pavee Point attended the Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. Kristian Simonic and Jessica Simonic, representing the Roma community in Ireland, took part in the candle lighting ceremony, remembering Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust. It is estimated that 500,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered, and another […]

A landmark day at the University of Limerick

Today marks a significant milestone for the Traveller community in Ireland, where 13 Travellers will graduate with Masters and Graduate diplomas at the University of Limerick. This represents the largest of group of Travellers to be conferred with Level 9 postgraduate qualification from any Irish university at any one time To mark the occasion both […]

Reminder: reduced cost applications to Central Applications Office (CAO) close tomorrow (Jan 20).

While the normal deadline for applications to the Central Applications Office (CAO) for September 2026 undergraduate college and university places closes on February 1st at 5 pm, the closing date for the reduced-cost application (€35) closes tomorrow: January 20th at 5 pm. Normal online applications cost €50 and you can find further information on fees […]

A guide to new action plans from Dept. of Children, Disability and Equality

From Pavee Point’s Education Programme comes an explainer for two new action plans published by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE): ‘Shaping the Future: Early Years Action Plan (Phase 1)’; and ‘Simplify and Support: Action Plan for Simplification’. The action plans focus on improving affordability, quality and sustainability in childcare. ‘Shaping the Future: […]

‘Deepening of access to justice crisis’

Pavee Point yesterday (13/01) attended a FLAC and TCD Law School Conference on Civil Legal Aid Reform. There was a strong emphasis from speakers on the need for targeted legal services, including a properly resourced national Traveller Legal Service. It is vital that civil legal aid reform is urgently advanced to address the huge unmet […]

As we mark Nollaig na mBan…

‘[…], it is civil society that moves most tirelessly – the organisations, the lawyers, the defenders, the Roma and Traveller communities themselves and within them, so prominently, women. They are the ones who carry not only the weight of injustice but the knowledge of resilience, of diversity, of collective strength and solidarity. They push for […]