Last Wednesday, the Pavee Point Education and Roma teams attended the Traveller and Roma Education Forum. This was the final Forum meeting under the current two-year Action Plan (2024–2026), with the next Action Plan due to be published in July. The current Action Plan has seen progress across a range of commitments, with important structures […]
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Month: June 2026
The Pavee Point Education Team and Pavee Mothers attended the Towards a National Policy on Transitions in Education for Students with Disabilities stakeholder event on Tuesday, 26 May. The event brought together stakeholders from across government departments and agencies to share understanding of the supports currently available to disabled children, young people and adults at […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre wishes to express our utter condemnation of the violent scenes at St Peter and Paul’s Cemetery in Portlaoise on Sunday. Such conduct is absolutely unacceptable and it is shocking that thousands of peaceful mass-goers, including other Traveller families, coming together to remember their loved ones, should have to witness […]
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Last week Pavee Point attended the launch of ‘Connecting for Life 2026–2035,’ Ireland’s new national strategy to reduce suicide and self-harm. We welcome the strategy’s recognition of the disproportionate impact of suicide on Travellers and its acknowledgement of the role that racism, discrimination, social exclusion and other social determinants play in shaping mental health outcomes. […]
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