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Photo: Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government “Budget 2018 does not do enough to resolve the Traveller accommodation crisis,” said Martin Collins, Pavee Point Director today. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy yesterday announced a €3 million increase in the annual budget for Traveller accommodation bringing it up to €12 million in 2018. Minister […]

In Budget 2018 we are looking for reinvestment in Traveller inclusion to pre-recession levels –  particularly in accommodation and health. And we need increased funding for the implementation of the recently published National Traveller Roma and Inclusion Strategy. According to investment newsletters, funding for Traveller inclusion was decimated during austerity with 86% cuts in education […]

Pavee Point is delighted to announce that our Vaccination Awareness Initiative has been shortlisted for EU Health Award for NGOs 2017. This award recognises the valuable contribution of NGOs in contributing to high standards of public health in the European Union through vaccination. Pavee Point’s initiative was undertaken by our Traveller Primary Health Care Workers who provide a vital […]

Pavee Point’s Tica Munteanu participated in dialogue on inclusion of Roma, Sinti and Travellers at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) this week, during their annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. (See photo above) Experiences and good practices in supporting the participation of Roma, Sinti and […]

Twelve young Travellers got to see the Ireland soccer team training this week as part of the work of our Health Team. The lads got to meet their football heroes and to see what a professional training session is really like. This initiative is part of our ongoing work with the FAI and other sports […]

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes the announcement this week that a pig farm on the site of a Roma concentration camp in the Czech Republic will finally be bought by the Czech government and a proper memorial put in place. Owners of the pig farm, AGPI, agreed a sale price with the Czech […]

Our fantastic ethnicity quilt was admired by many at Áras an Uachtaráin this week.  Thanks to all those who put such a lot of hard work into making it.

Today President Michael D. Higgins was presented with our Traveller Ethnicity pin at a special ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin with a group from Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre. The Traveller Ethnicity Pin was created to celebrate the Irish State’s formal acknowledgement of Travellers as a distinct ethnic group in Irish society on 1st of […]

Photos by Derek Speirs. Members of the Irish and international Roma community gathered today at the Mansion House, Dublin to commemorate Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. In a moving tribute to the estimated 500,000 Roma and Sinti who were murdered in the Holocaust, young Roma leaders read out testimonies of Holocaust survivors and their families.   […]

Today we launched our Community Hearts Day in Abigail Centre in Kildonan Road in Finglas.  It was undertaken by Pavee Point in partnership with Irish Heart and CDETB. It was a fantastic day with the speeches being a real highlight, as they allowed family and friends from the community to learn about the health benefits enjoyed […]

This weekend four representatives of the Irish Roma and Traveller Communities travel to the Czech Republic to protest at a pig farm being allowed to remain on the site of a World War 2 Roma concentration camp.Gabi Muntean, TicaMuntean, Bianca Paun and James Anthony McDonagh will attend a demonstration on Saturday 24th June as part of […]

There was a massive crowd, lots of sunshine and a happy atmosphere  for the Dublin Pride Parade.  The parade set off from Stephen’s Green around 2pm and made its way to Smithfield. On the way there was music, dancing, flag waving, whistleblowing and lots of support from the people who lined the streets to show […]

The National Traveller Health Network Meeting took place today, 22nd June, and focused on the health actions in the recently launched National Traveller Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS).  Members talked about what future developments need to be prioritised. NTRIS is available here. The Saint Vincent de Paul also addressed the meeting to discuss how they could provide […]

Chief Gary Batton of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma encouraged Irish Travellers to continue the fight to progress and move forward while keeping culture and tradition alive – on a visit to Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre today.  “It’s important we remain who we are as indigenous people,” said Chief Batton who said the […]

Lisa Harding, author, came to Pavee Point as part of the Irish Writer’s Centre ‘Writer in Residence’ programme in 2016.  She worked with a group of Traveller women and men on a project entitled ‘Voices’ that ran over 10 weeks. Lisa used her experience in working with different groups to facilitate the group in telling stories and finding […]