PaveeADMin, Author at Pavee Point

Statement on horse racing incident on motorway

The horse racing incident on the N7 motorway, as shown in a video today (20/2/2020), is completely unacceptable and endangers other road users and indeed animals and participants themselves. This misuse of a public road is shocking and Pavee Point calls on anybody contemplating similar activities to stop and consider the safety of other road […]

Negative language targeted at Travellers unacceptable on our airwaves

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre, along with other people and groups who contacted us, were outraged at Mr. Tom Parlon’s use of the words ‘fighting like tinkers’ on Today with Sean O Rourke, on RTE Radio One today (31 January 2020). This type of language gives an insight into the embedded racism and discrimination […]

Traveller & Roma inclusion requires whole of Government approach – report says

A new report published by the European Commission says Government progress on Traveller health and accommodation urgently needs to pick up pace. The report from the Roma Civil Monitor shows that the Government approach to achieving equality for Irish Travellers through the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy ‘is piecemeal and based on small scale […]

Pobal CEO visits Pavee Point

Pavee Point was delighted to welcome Anna Shakespeare, recently appointed CEO of Pobal, on an info sharing visit this week. Programme workers were able to highlight to Ms. Shakespeare the important work they do and also what needs to come on stream to improve Traveller inclusion. Pobal works on behalf of Government to support communities […]

Pavee Point Workshop at Connecting for Life Conference

Pavee Point hosted a workshop at the Connecting for Life conference at Croke Park on Friday 24 January. The conference was aimed at service providers in Dublin North City and County. Pavee Point’s Mental Health Team gave a presentation on elements that impact on Traveller mental health and then got service providers to play our […]

Pavee Point General Election Asks 2020

Detailed Manifesto Below 1. Implementation of the National Traveller Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) 2017-2021 To strengthen the existing implementation and monitoring of the NTRIS by adopting clear targets, indicators, outcomes, timeframes and budget lines for the Strategy. To ensure NTRIS actions are adequately resourced by all Government Departments involved, including but not only by the […]

3 Traveller Mental Health events for #FirstFortnight

As First Fortnight – Art of Mental Health festival draws to a close, the exhibition Unpacking Traveller Mental Health went on view at Dundalk Institute of Technology (17 January). Unpacking Traveller Mental Health This event gives students a chance to learn about factors that impact on Traveller mental health and to talk to Travellers from […]

Need for clampdown on racism in General Election 2020

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre is backing calls by a UN Anti-Racism body for Irish politicians to be investigated, prosecuted and punished for acts of hate speech during election campaigns. “We cannot be complacent about racism or racist hate speech,” said Martin Collins, Co Director, Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre. “Elections that are […]

Travellers and Roma can make a difference with their vote. To vote you need to be on the voting register. To be on the register for a General Election you need to: Live regularly at the address you give Be an Irish citizen Be 18 years or over As the election is in just a […]

Traveller family histories give visibility to Traveller culture at National Library

Pavee Point is proud today to donate family history materials that are part of Pavee Point’s ‘Pavee Roads Home’ project to the archives at the National Library of Ireland. This donation marks an important addition to the archive because it is material generated by Travellers themselves and gives visibility to the role Travellers have played […]

Peer led discussion

As part of our ongoing work with Traveller men we held a peer led discussion with 26 Traveller men on drugs, crime and prison in collaboration with TravAct on 11 December. A big thank you to all the Traveller men who gave up their time to be involved, with a special thank you to our guest speaker […]

UN CERD says Ireland needs to act now on anti-Traveller & Roma racism

The UN has called for Ireland to facilitate increased Traveller and Roma participation in public life following a hearing in Geneva on what Ireland has done to combat racism and discrimination since 2008. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) urged the State to focus on ethnic data collection to highlight areas […]

Monitoring Committee Meeting

Pavee Point was delighted to host the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Second National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence. There are two actions on Traveller and Roma women within the Strategy. More information www.cosc.ie.

#StandUp4HumanRights – 10 December

Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Human rights are relevant to all of us, every day Our shared humanity is rooted in these universal values Equality, justice and freedom prevent violence and sustain peace Whenever […]

Congrats on PhD to Rosaleen McDonagh

Huge congratulations to Rosaleen McDonagh on being conferred with her PhD from Newcastle University of Northumbria in Newcastle today. Rosaleen, who is a Trinity College graduate, achieved her PhD “From Shame to Pride, The Politics of Disabled Traveller Identity” from the Department of Health and Life Sciences at the university. Here she is pictured with […]

Make racists feel uncomfortable – Ireland told

Ireland was urged to abide by its international commitments and take all steps to make racists feel uncomfortable at the close of hearings by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva (CERD). CERD Committee Member and Country Rapporteur for Ireland Verene Shepherd made the call following two days of hearings by on actions […]

‘Gloke’ for First Fortnight

A group of Traveller men from Dublin teamed up with spoken word poet Geoff Finan to explore issues around identity and mental health. The result ‘Gloke’ was part of the launch of First Fortnight this week. First Fortnight is the mental health art and culture festival which takes place during the first two weeks of […]

Traveller Men’s Health

We know from the All Ireland Traveller Health Study that there are significantly lower outcomes in Traveller men’s health. Traveller men live 15 years less than men from the general population. Mental health is a major issue with a suicide rate among Traveller men that is 7 times the national average. The Traveller Health Unit […]

Safety Pocket Workshops raise awareness on ’emotional violence’

Over 30 Travellers attended workshops at Pavee Point today as part of the 16 Days of Action to stop domestic violence. The workshops entitled ‘The Safety Pocket’ were introduced by Traveller Community Development Worker Tessa Collins and Traveller Women’s Awareness Worker Bridgie Collins who spoke about the Domestic Violence Act 2018. This new law now […]

Leadership and investment needed in Traveller Education

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma centre were part of a delegation that presented to an Oireachtas Commitee this week on Education. In speaking to the Amazon Aktien Kaufen committee Martin Collins said stronger leadership and investment by the Department of Education and Skills is required to support long-term sustainable initiatives in order to ensure positiveoutcomes […]