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Pavee Roads Home – Finglas Library 10th December

Pavee Roads Home is an innovative project designed by a group of Traveller men exploring cultural identity through research and personal history. The men, who are part of the Men’s Health Programme at Pavee Point took a number of months to document the history and journey of their families from when they travelled the roads to […]

National Drugs Strategy needs to do more to address drug crisis in Traveller community

In the face of a growing drug problem within the Traveller community Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre is calling for measures to improve Traveller engagement and outcomes from addiction services. (Photo: Catherine Byrne, TD Minister for National Drugs Strategy with John Paul Collins, Corrine Doyle and Martin Collins of Pavee Point) Catherine Byrne, TD, […]

Statement on Tweets

Pavee Point Statement in relation to Tweets by Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee “Any politician who harbours these type of ingrained prejudices and discriminatory attitudes should not be in public office,” said Martin Collins, Co Director, Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre today in relation to Tweets by Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee. “It is as a result of […]

Presentation to Bar Council

Tessa Collins, Senior Community Development Worker on the Violence against Women Programme, spoke at The Bar of Ireland’s Domestic Violence Conference on Friday 1 Nov. Tessa highlighted the barriers for Traveller and Roma women when seeking help, reporting and leaving a situation of domestic and sexual violence. She also took lawyers through experiences Traveller and Roma […]

Public Sector Duty Training with IHREC

This week, Pa Reilly and Gabi Muntean from Pavee Point delivered a session to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection staff, focusing on preventing discrimination and promoting equality. This informative session aimed to address important issues related to employee turnover, as part of the broader training on Public Sector Equality and Human Rights […]

National Drug Forum 2019

Pavee Point was delighted to facilitate a discussion session at the National Drug Forum this week on ways to respond to issues impacting on those most affected by substance misuse. “It was a powerful exercise and great to see different professionals working together in a real partnership approach,” said Corrine Doyle, Co Ordinator of the […]

Change in Traveller Health Has to Happen – Missie Collins

Mr. Jim Walsh, Dept of Health told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Issues Affecting Traveller that Traveller Primary Healthcare Projects are a good model and should become part of health service delivery. “A lot of credit goes to Traveller Health Workers”, he said and the Dept would be happy to support the National Traveller Health […]

Equality needed on End Poverty Day

Traveller Primary Health Care workers attended the End Poverty event at the Poverty Stone near the Customs House in Dublin. According to Census 2016 Travellers experience an 80% unemployment rate and other statistics show Travellers make up 9% of the homeless population. “We put our wishes for our children to have equal opportunities in education, […]

Traveller Education Bill Passes Seanad

The Traveller History and Culture in Education Bill passed its final stage in Seanad Eireann and Education Minister Joe McHugh, TD will now bring the Bill forward to Dáil Eireann. “This is really important for equality in our society, “ said Pavee Point Co Director, Martin Collins, “Both Traveller students and students from the majority […]

Our Letter to Senators – Vote for Traveller Education Bill!

Dear Senator Many Travellers say that the first time they are made to feel bad about their Traveller identity is when they go to school. Previously happy in their family environment – it is when we go into the wider environment that Traveller children realise that for some reason – it’s not always a positive thing […]

Unpacking Traveller Mental Health makes Irish Times Images of the Day

Coming Out as an Ally

‘Coming Out as an Ally’ was an event to support Traveller and Roma LGBT+ community held on 10th October 2019 – National Coming Out Day. Individuals or organisations can register as an ally and show their support for Traveller and Roma LGBT+. Just contact BecomeaAlly@gmail.com Missie Collins and Bridgie Collins showed their support and said: […]

Exhibition Launch for World Mental Health Day

The launch of ‘Unpacking Traveller Mental Health’ art exhibition was an inspiring event for World Mental Health Day. Through the Traveller Health Unit (THU) in the Eastern Region, ten Traveller Primary Health Care Projects drew on their experience working within the Traveller community to create 10 grub boxes packed with the stresses and strains that impact […]

Traveller Input Key to Unlocking the Traveller Mental Health Crisis

Travellers hold the key to finding solutions when it comes to their own mental health – a new Traveller art exhibition on Traveller mental health shows. ‘Unpacking Traveller Mental Health’ is an exhibition developed by Traveller Primary Health Care projects in the Eastern Region Traveller Health Unit to highlight the stresses and strains that make up […]

Unpacking Traveller Mental Health – Background

‘Unpacking Traveller Mental Health’ is an immersive and multi-sensory approach to highlight the various dimensions that impact on Travellers’ mental health. The Process Drawing on the work from Syrian-born artist and architect Mohamad Hafez in his exhibition ‘Unpacked: Refugee Baggage’, this event uses traditional Traveller ‘grub-boxes’ to explore the individual, social and structural dimensions that […]

Traveller and Roma legal cases feature in FLAC report

Travellers and Roma featured significantly in the Annual Report 2018 of Free Legal Advice Centres, launched today by Justice & Equality Minister, Charlie Flanagan, TD. In launching the Report, Minister Flanagan acknowledged the particular needs of ethnic minorities, including Travellers and Roma, in accessing the justice system. In June 2018 FLAC launched its legal clinic […]

Targeted measures needed in tackling Traveller unemployment

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty, TD, recognised the need for targeted measures to tackle Traveller unemployment during a visit today to Pavee Point. Pavee Point urged the Minister to name Travellers and Roma as specific target groups in her Department’s forthcoming ‘Pathways to Work Strategy’ and Minister Doherty agreed that mainstream […]

Dept of Health needs to take responsibility in tackling Traveller health inequalities – Oireachtas hears

Pavee Point calls today for a long term plan – focused, strategic and resourced – to tackle Traveller health inequalities at the Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. Speaking to the Committee Patrick Reilly, Mental Health Worker, Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre said “We’re tired of the status quo. Traveller organisations alone cannot […]

Culture Night at Pavee Point

Culture Night was an enjoyable event for everyone as visitors discovered new and interesting things about Traveller and Roma way of life. (Photos by Derek Speirs) Life on the Road Traveller staff from Pavee Point spoke about life on the road and what life was like for Traveller women in the old days. People learned […]

Martin Collins reacts to videos mocking Travellers

On Friday 20th September we were contacted by the media in relation to videos that appeared on social media featuring members of the the firebrigade and An Garda Síochána. Martin Collins, Pavee Point Co Director gave the following response to the media and we are following up with both An Garda Síochána and firebrigade services. […]