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The sculpture ‘Street Singer’ by renowned Irish sculptor Jerome Connor (1874-1943) was visited by Travellers, artists, curators and members of the public at Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre today. The art work is on loan from the Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and is the first time that such a loan has taken […]

We were delighted to welcome Chief Officer of Community Health Organisation North City and County Mary Walshe, and her management team to Pavee Point this week.  After a presentation from Community Health Workers there was a discussion about some of the issues facing Primary Health Care Projects. The discussion focused on an update on the work […]

Pavee Point welcomes today’s report by the ESRI and IHREC which shows that Travellers are the most at risk of being homeless. According to ‘Discrimination and Inequality in Housing in Ireland’ Travellers make up 9% of the homeless population although Travellers make up just 1% of the overall population. Travellers also experience the highest levels of discrimination, […]

There was a good turn out today for our Men’s Health Day with special guest boxer Traveller Joe Ward at our Community Heart Garden in Finglas, Dublin.   Joe brought along his world and european medals for people to see.  He spoke about the importance of keeping healthy and getting regular health checks. He said you […]

This week in Pavee Point we were delighted to take part in a North Inner City project to mark the 10th Anniversary of the unveiling of the Dublin Human Rights and Poverty Stone. Travellers showed solidarity with other groups, and also highlighted the issue of Traveller poverty, by writing their human rights messages on stones. […]

The first joint meeting of the Collaborative Platform on Social and Economic Rights and the Operational Platform for Roma Equality took place this week at the initiative of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The meeting was aimed to look at the protection of the rights to accommodation of Travellers and the rights to housing […]

Great to have Ann O’ Shea, Head of Service Primary Care, HSE at Pavee Point this week. Ms. O Shea met with Traveller Community Healthcare Workers and heard how important it is to protect and resource Traveller Health Units and Traveller Primary Health Care Projects. ‘It’s at this level we find out about the emerging […]

‘Travellers, whose suicide rates continue to be unacceptably high, deserve an urgent intervention from the State’ – the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care said in its interim report last month. (Photos by Derek Speirs) Today at Pavee Point we hosted Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Jim Daly, TD […]

Maynooth University today confers 24 men and women from Traveller and Roma communities across Ireland as graduates of its Community Work in a Changing Ireland Level 7 Certificate programme. (Photos by Derek Speirs) Speaking at the ceremony Anastasia Crickley from the Department of Applied Social Studies commented: “In a context where fewer than 13% of […]

The Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Mental Health has acknowledged the mental health crisis in the Travelling community and has called for action. “It is clear … that there is a mental health crisis in the Travelling community, and that the design and delivery of mental health services are failing Travellers, much more so […]

Human rights experts today warned that urgent action is needed to combat increasing racism and especially the extreme racism against Travellers and Roma. Photos by Derek Speirs. The experts, representing EU agencies, the United Nations, academics and community activists were speaking at a seminar in Dublin Castle today – ‘Bringing Human Rights Home’. URGENT ACTION […]

Pavee Point’s Primary Health Care workers spent this week at the Abbey Theatre developing the inspiring story of their work through drama, story and song. (Photos by Derek Speirs) This was a great opportunity to bring to life the struggles involved in being part of a project that has changed the face of healthcare for […]

Transformative change has taken place in the last 30 years to enable this week’s celebration of the recognition of  Traveller ethnicity at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, said Martin Collins at yesterday’s ethnicity event. “Have pride in how far we have come, have faith in how far we can go,” he urged the hundreds who visited. President […]

We were delighted to welcome Pat McNally, Irish Traveller from North Augusta, South Carolina to Pavee Point today as part of his visit for the  Traveller Ethnicity Celebration.  Mr. McNally spoke eloquently of the achievements and challenges facing his community in North Augusta, South Carolina.  He spoke of the importance of education for the future […]

This week national Traveller organisations presented to a meeting of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government where the Minister for Housing Damien English, TD was in attendance.  Martin Collins spoke on our behalf outlining some of the critical issues on Traveller accommodation.  For more info see here.

Traveller and Roma woman are celebrating International Women’s Day with important messages.

We were delighted to host the new Slovak Ambassador here at Pavee Point this week. Mr. Igor Pokojny came on a fact finding mission regarding Roma in Ireland. The Embassy estimates there are between 20,000 to 25,000 Slovaks in Ireland.  In the Slovak Republic, Roma make up 20% of the general population. We look forward […]