Category: Press Releases

Pavee Point is shocked and appalled by recent allegations of slavery against Travellers in the United Kingdom. Pavee Point is dedicated to the promotion of the Human Rights of all people – Pavee Point unequivocally condemns slavery, exploitation of vulnerable people and forced labour in all their forms, wherever, by whomever perpetrated and whenever they […]

Pavee Point wishes to state its solidarity with the Travellers facing enforced eviction from the Dale Farm site in Cray’s Hill, Essex. The Dale Farm Dispute is primarily a planning dispute, allowed to drag on for a decade.  This is deplorable, but the eviction of vulnerable people and children from their home of a decade […]

Released to Media on 31 May 2011 ‘Older Travellers Need to get Bolder to Keep Active and Alive’ An event to celebrate older  Travellers’ contributions to the Traveller community and wider society today heard that life for older Travellers in Ireland has changed significantly. They have gone from travelling and living in tents on the […]

Released to Media on 21 March 2011 To mark the International (UN) Day Against Racism (March 21st) the civil rights leader the Revd. Jesse Jackson launched the DVD ‘Pavee Parents Post Primary Concerns’ which is a resource for Traveller parents, students, teachers and policy makers. On this International Day Against Racism we need to acknowledge […]

This statement was made by the ITM, National Traveller Women’s Forum and Pavee Point Travellers’ Centre Budgetary cuts in Traveller education are disproportionate compared to financial cutbacks of other mainstream educational cuts Support for Traveller Education Slashed while the Government Minister Mary Coughlan T.D. states that the Budget 2011 is ‘A budget that recognises the […]