On Tuesday (August 26) the Primary Health Care team attended an information session hosted by the Dublin North West Partnership on the rights and entitlements of older persons. The team gathered valuable insights to strengthen their fieldwork and advocacy. This knowledge is critical, as Traveller ageing has been redefined to begin at 40, reflecting the […]
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Month: August 2026
Today, representatives from the Traveller and Roma Coalition attended Ireland’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) pre-session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The UPR is a United Nations process which reviews the human rights record of every UN Member State every four years. Today’s short (1 hour) pre-session provided an opportunity for Irish civil society […]
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Over the weekend, and in preparation for a September pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago, Pavee Point’s Men’s Health team accompanied a group of Traveller men in drug and alcohol recovery through a demanding four days of training. The group spent Thursday on the Navan Greenway, completing 18km between Blackwater Park and Nobber Station. On […]
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Pavee Point was delighted on Wednesday to attend the Irish College of GPs’ (ICGP) Curriculum launch. We warmly welcome the strengthened inclusion of Traveller health within the updated ICGP curriculum and valued the opportunity to work with the ICGP in its development. General practice has a vital role to play in addressing the significant health […]
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Pavee Point is delighted to be part of Culture Night again in 2026. We are planning a great evening with a variety of things to see and do and delighted to get a mention in The Irish Times and GayCommunityNews. Heritage and Art on Display 4pm – We are open from 4pm and will have […]
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We welcome the publication of the first ever National Traveller Heritage Strategy by the Heritage Council, a historic step towards validating and preserving Traveller customs, music, stories, crafts, language and the nomadic tradition. The Strategy acknowledges the significance of Traveller culture and the central place Travellers hold in Irish heritage. Traveller storytellers and musicians have […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre today marks Roma Genocide Memorial Day: remembering the Roma victims of the Holocaust persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime simply for who they were. This day – 2 August – calls us to remember the particular night of 2–3 August 1944, when more than 3,000 Roma men, women and children were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Amid the atrocities of the Roma genocide — known as […]
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