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There was a fantastic show of cross community solidarity and support for Travellers at a Minceirs Whiden led protest outside Dáil Eireann today (28th Oct). Speakers included Brigid Quilligan of the Irish Traveller Movement, Patrick Nevin of Minceirs Whiden,  Maria Joyce of the National Traveller Womens’ Forum  and Martin Collins of Pavee Point at what […]

Hundreds of Irish Travellers from Dublin, Cork, Galway, Belfast, Cavan, Navan and all over England & Wales joined thousands of Roma in St. Peter’s Basilica for a special papal audience on Bank Holiday Monday (26th of October). The Irish group were preparing from 4.50am and left the hotel to begin queuing in St. Peter’s Square […]

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre is extremely disappointed at today’s announcement that talks to accommodate the bereaved Traveller families of the Carrickmines fire at the best site selected by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council – have failed. ‘Once again Travellers’ rights to a decent place to live come second place to the demands of […]

The family in Athlone whose child was removed from their home in 2013 have secured €60,000 damages in a settlement of their legal action.  Pavee Point welcomes the awarding of damages in light of the trauma that the young child endured.  The Logan Report noted the serious impact of these events on the child and […]

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has told the United Nations Human Rights Council that Travellers should be recognised by the Irish Government as an ethnic minority – as a priority. “While there has been some progress in advancing the dialogue on Traveller ethnicity, the State has not formally recognised Travellers as an ethnic […]

Pavee Point’s Gabi Florica Muntean is representing Roma in Ireland at the Council of Europe’s Review Conference of Roma Women taking place in Macedonia this week. The aim is to take stock of developments in the area of Romani women’s rights and social inclusion at national level since the first international conference of Roma women […]

Remove Pig Farm for Roma Pride This Sunday, October 4th, Roma Pride Day, Pavee Point and Roma activists are calling for the removal of a pig farm on the site of a WW2 concentration camp for Roma in the Czech Republic. On Sunday Roma activists are meeting to learn about the Holocaust when an estimated […]

Pavee Point has been invited to Europe’s largest annual human rights and democracy event this week in Warsaw, Poland.  The Human Development Implementation Meeting provides an opportunity for Pavee Point to highlight the human rights situation of Travellers and Roma in Ireland.  It is organised annually by the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe […]

Pavee Point is supporting the Ask Consent Campaign to raise awareness on the issue of sexual consent.  This campaign is a three week long national public awareness campaign funded by Cosc, The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence and developed by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC).   Do the Body […]

Pavee Point’s Co-Director, Martin Collins gave a broad welcome to the official launch of CENA – the first Traveller led approved Housing Body, at this week’s AGM of the Irish Traveller Movement. Minister of State at the Environment Department, Paudie Coffey TD  announced at the AGM that €2 million would be allocated to two CENA pilot […]

Pavee Point  attended the National Traveller Women’s Forum Policy Training event and AGM on 16th September.   “The event brought Traveller women together to discuss issues they face,” said Tessa Collins of Pavee Point’s Violence Against Women Project, who attended. The women were asked to reflect on their own experiences as Traveller representatives – going to […]

Three new recruits joined our team of Home Visitors as part of our Education Programme.  They completed training with the National College of Ireland before taking up their positions. The new recruits joined the Home Visitor team that works on the  Parent Child Home Programme (PCHP)  in the  Finglas area. PCHP is an innovative literacy programme […]

Pavee Point Health Team and the Irish Heart Foundation held a health day in Finglas on Monday the 7th of September.  The Heart Foundation Roadshow set up in Avila Park and Cappagh Field so Travellers could have blood pressure checks. About 70 Travellers attended the checks and 23 out of the 70 were referred to […]