Anastasia Crickley, Pavee Point Chairperson, has been appointed as a member of the Government’s Anti-Racism Committee and sets out her hopes for this work. I welcome the opportunity to contribute from my experience and...
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre welcomes the naming of Travellers as a priority group in the Department of Health’s long-awaited policy document ‘Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone’ published yesterday (17...
Pavee Point extends its sympathy and support towards the Reilly family – the daughters and younger sister of James Reilly who has been convicted of repeated rape and sexual abuse of the daughters and...
Tipperary Rural Travellers Project would like to publicly state their support for the Reilly family in thewake of the recent court judgement. We cannot even begin to imagine the pain and trauma thefamily has...
Pavee Point welcomes many of the commitments regarding Travellers and Roma outlined in a draft Programme for Government agreed and published today – but highlights the challenges of implementation. “The Coronavirus pandemic has shown...
Pavee Point very much welcomes the appointment of Traveller woman Rosaleen McDonagh as a commissioner to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Rosaleen is a Traveller woman with a disability, playwright and IHREC...
Men’s Health Week starts on Monday and Traveller men are taking action in highlighting the impact of COVID-19 on Traveller men’s health – physical, social and spiritual. Men have been severely affected by COVID-19...
Joint statement from Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, Irish Traveller Movement, National Traveller Women’s Forum, Minceirs Whiden,Exchange House Ireland, Involve, The Parish of the Travelling People, Traveller Mediation Service, Traveller Counselling Service and National Traveller MABS: We as Traveller organisations are...
This week, Traveller men take to social media to speak up against domestic violence during Covid-19/Coronavirus Pandemic. The messages are by Traveller men, for men, reminding them that domestic violence, no matter the circumstance,...
Like many Irish people I am outraged by the death in police custody of George Floyd and by the responses of his country’s leadership. Yesterday’s minutes silence in Dáil Éireann was a good gesture...
