South Dublin Survey Shows almost 80% of Travellers suffer depression

Nearly 80% of Travellers in a survey in South Dublin say they themselves or someone in their family has suffered from depression.  This compares with just 8% of the general population who reported symptoms of moderate depression as per Census 2016. The Clondalkin Traveller Development Group’s report recommends mental health services to prioritize targeted efforts […]

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Pavee Point at the 7th International Roma Women’s Conference

Tessa Collins, Senior Community Development Worker in Pavee Point, addressed the 7th International Roma Women’s Conference as part of a workshop on hate crime and evictions of Travellers and highlighting their impact on Traveller women. “The impact of local authorities not spending the Traveller accommodation budgets allocated to them is devastating, particularly for women and […]

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Garda Commissioner Visits Pavee Point

A  meeting took place with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris at Pavee Point where Garda relations with Traveller and Roma were the main focus of discussion. Commissioner Harris acknowledged the potential for institutional racism within a police force which he is familiar with through his work in relation to the McPherson Report 1999. The poor relations […]

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Keep Elections Free From Racism

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes that all main political parties signed up to the Anti-Racism Electoral Protocol launched today by the European Network Against Racism on International Day For the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. “We cannot be complacent about racism in Ireland,” said Pavee Point Co Director Martin Collins, “This is also a […]

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Ireland Ratifies the Istanbul Convention

Today, on International Women’s Day, the Government took a significant step towards protecting the rights of women in Ireland by ratifying the Istanbul Convention. The ratification of this Convention comes after years of campaigning by NGOs including the Irish Observatory on Violence against Women, which Pavee Point is a member. The Council of Europe Convention […]

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Balance for Better…. Health and Well Being IWD2019

“Traveller Women need to take the time to look after their own health,” says Mary Collins, Traveller Community Health Worker, “Health and well-being go together. Traveller women are taken up with looking after their families and sometimes they forget about themselves.” Traveller Community Health Workers work in their own communities raising awareness about health issues, […]

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Traveller Women Changemakers for IWD 2019

New Film on Traveller Women ‘The Changemakers’  is a documentary by the National Traveller Women’s Forum that looks at some of the changes  Traveller women have succeeded in bringing about – for themselves, for their own community and for the wider population.  It was shown in Leinster House house this week in celebration of International […]

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Traveller Health Action Plan Due Next Month

We were delighted to get to meet Health Minister, Simon Harris TD last week (21 Feb) and to get his endorsement for the Traveller Health Action Plan. Crucial to the success of this plan is the establishment of a Planning Advisory Body for Traveller Health (PATH) which should be staffed and resourced to ensure the […]

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No tangible improvements for Travellers and Roma despite National Strategy

There has been no tangible improvement in the education, accommodation, employment and health of Travellers and Roma  despite the Government’s National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy launched in June 2017,  a report to the European Commission states. Accommodation Worse According to this report, the inequality gap between Travellers and Roma, and the majority population remains […]

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Plain English Award 2019

Pavee Point received two ‘plain English’  awards this week for our maternal health initiative – Pavee Mothers, awarded by the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA). Our booklet Pavee Mothers was awarded 2nd place out of 70 nominations in the Best Use of Plain English by an Organisation category . Our website paveemothers.ie  received a “highly […]

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HSE Excellence

Pavee Mothers was part of the showcase of HSE Excellence Awards which took place in the Mansion House last week.  Our project, is a phone friendly website developed with  Traveller women for Traveller women with information to support mothers-to-be during and after pregnancy. The awards reflect the high quality of work being undertaken with the HSE.  […]

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National Holocaust Memorial Day

Bianca Paun, representing Pavee Point’s Roma programme, addressed the Holocaust Memorial event in the Mansion House to talk about the experience of the Roma people at the hands of the Nazis. The Holocaust known as Parajomas in the Romani language meaning ‘the devouring’  saw an estimated 500,000 Roma murdered by the Nazis. https://vimeo.com/313812059 Damaris Paun […]

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European report highlights deficiencies in Traveller accommodation

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) published today its findings 2018 on the follow-up given by 8 States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal) to decisions in the collective complaints procedure. It says that none of the five issues on which the committee found against Ireland in December 2015 on Traveller accommodation have […]

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New Domestic Violence Act – Positive Changes

A new Domestic Violence Act 2018 is here – get up to date with new laws. The Domestic Violence Act 2018 is the law on domestic violence in the Republic of Ireland. The Act brings many positive changes to make sure that victims of domestic violence are protected. Some changes include: No Forced Marriages (S.38) […]

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Organisations to Help Generate Employment for Roma

We were delighted this week to hear of an award, by the Department of Justice & Equality, of €500,000 Dormant Account Funds to 7 organisations across the country to generate employment for members of the Roma Community . This is in line with Government commitments in the Roma Needs Assessment and the National Traveller Roma Inclusion Strategy.  […]

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Ban Traveller Evictions – not fair to families with nowhere to go

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre is calling on Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy TD to intervene and ban Traveller evictions until the Traveller accommodation crisis is over. Today (Jan 11th 2019) five families including 28 children face eviction from an old school site in Balgaddy, Clondalkin where they have been living since last year. The […]

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Nursing Conference Hears from Travellers

Mary Brigid Collins addressed the All Ireland Chief Nursing Officers Conference at Dublin Castle on the 4th December. Mary Brigid, assistant co-ordinator of the Pavee Point Primary Health Care Project,  spoke to a packed conference on a collective Community Development approach to addressing Traveller issues in health.  The Conference focused on the routes to reform […]

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POLITICS NEEDS WOMEN – 100 YEARS AFTER THE VOTE FOR WOMEN

On December 14th in 1918, Irishwomen got the chance to cast their hard won right to vote for the first time. Two women, Countess Constance Markievicz In St Patrick’s ward in Dublin, and Winifred Carney in East Belfast, would also stand for election. Other political women, who had fought long & hard for the vote […]

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