Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre was delighted to host a talk by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty on Ireland’s Public Services Card, organised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)...
In July 2019, two elements of Traveller culture were inscribed on Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. This means the Government agrees to protect, promote and celebrate these living cultural heritage practices, customs,...
We are conducting on online commemoration of Roma Genocide Remembrance Day, 2nd August. Gabi Muntean of our Roma Programme writes below: Today is the day we remember. We remember the 3,000 Roma, including children, who...
Pavee Point’s Community Heart Garden Project celebrated reaching its 3 year target this week. The garden was bursting with fruit and veg for the Community Heart Day that was shared with Traveller families in...
Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes today’s awaited ‘Traveller Accommodation Expert Review’. “The Traveller accommodation situation represents a humanitarian crisis. This crisis is effecting Traveller’s health, education and access to employment,” said Pavee...
The Government has approved an updated ethnicity question for Census 2021 which will take place on Sunday the 18th of April 2021. Following the pilot conducted last year by Central Statistics Office, a recommendation...
A Co. Clare Traveller Health Needs Assessment finds a high uptake on vaccinations, screening services and access to GP services. However, some issues in Co. Clare are more magnified than reported in the All...
On the 2 July it was reported in the media that Dublin’s 4 Councils had put out a tender to employ private security firms in terms of Traveller evictions. Emphasis in this tender on...
Recent Council of Europe reports on Ireland have useful recommendations which can inform and strengthen work to address discrimination and to progress rights realisation for Travellers, Roma and other minorities, migrants and marginalised groups in Ireland. ECRI Report...
Pavee Point hosted the Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland today. This Agency has established a Task Force in relation to Traveller health. “It’s fantastic to see the Northern Ireland Public Health Agency take this...
