Pavee Point spoke up for better implementation structures and more focus on minority needs – including Travellers and Roma  – at today’s launch of a report monitoring Ireland’s performance on domestic and gender based violence under the Istanbul Convention. Speaking at the 16 Days of Activism event our Violence Against Women Community Development Worker Megan Berry […]

Pavee Point spoke at the UN Forum on Minority Issues this week in Geneva. Gabi Muntean of our Roma Programme  acknowledged the progress made on the 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Minorities but highlighted key challenges. “Our work as Minority Rights Defenders remains crucial, as we continue to face significant challenges in the […]

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre welcomes the new decision by the Department of Justice to grant Temporary Protection to a Ukrainian national from the Roma community as a result of legal intervention by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC). Pavee Point brought this case to the attention of IHREC as part of […]

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes today the long- awaited publication of the National Traveller Health Action Plan. Pavee Point, alongside other Traveller organisations, has been actively advocating for a National Traveller Health Action plan over the last 12 years and we believe it is vital in order to address Traveller health inequalities. “This […]

Pavee Point was delighted to host a round table to share information on barriers facing Travellers and Roma in Further Education and Training and how to overcome them. There was a good turn out both from Traveller organisations and education provider and support workers. Thank you to everyone for their dynamic participation and engagement and […]

This launch will be taking place on Monday week and we are very hopeful this plan will have a significant positive impact on Traveller health inequalities. Travellers, local Traveller organisations, Traveller Primary Health Care Projects and others have all fought hard to lobby for an action plan to address Traveller health inequalities since the All […]

New research, commissioned by the National Action Group for LGBT+ Traveller and Roma Rights, shows that Travellers and Roma experience the same mental health issues as the general LGBTI+ population – but at a higher rate. By far the most frequently reported negative experience was being verbally hurt – with just over 40% of participants […]

Galway Traveller Movement and allies protested this week at unacceptable anti-Traveller comments were from Fianna Fáil Cllr. Michael Crowe on the Galway Bay FM on the morning of the 26th of September. GTM are calling for Cllr Crowe to be suspended pending a full investigation by Fianna Fáil. Pavee Point salutes and stands in solidarity […]

Geraldine McDonnell and Mary Collins took part in an event organised by Maynooth University Motherhood Project this week to celebrate #nationalbreastfeedingweek. They were delighted to accept a Friends of Breastfeeding Award for an information booklet on breastfeeding for Traveller mothers developed by Pavee Point’s #PaveeMothers project https://paveemothers.ie/feeding/ Photo : (LtoR)Dr Ciara Bradley from the Dept […]

This week Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre presented at Walk 21, an international Conference hosted by TU Dublin in celebration of walking and active transport. Traveller Primary Health Care Worker, Winnie McDonagh, and Primary Health Care Project Coordinator, Doireann Crosson, presented findings of our walkability audit of the Finglas area. The aim of this […]

Pavee Point was delighted to open its doors again for Culture Night 2022 and welcome people to our exhibition ‘Belongings’. Open Tues, Wed (27 & 28 September) 10am to 1pm. For this event, Travellers and Roma exhibited personal items that are important and meaningful. We heard the stories about the objects and why they are […]

Pavee Point was delighted recently to meet An Taoiseach, Mícheál Martin TD at the All Island Women’s Forum report and highlight some of the issues facing Traveller women.  The report was published by the National Women’s Council and the forum addressed issues over the past year including violence against women, poverty, climate action, and the […]

A new report from the ESRI highlights the inequalities in mortality in Ireland and Irish Travellers are among those experiencing these inequalities. The report shows that Irish Travellers accounted for 0.2 per cent of the 2016 population aged 65+ but comprised 0.3 per cent of the deaths from COVID-19. The ESRI acknowledge this is probably an undercount […]

All of us at Pavee Point would like to join with others in sending our sincere condolences to the Cash and Cawley families at this horrendous time.   We can only imagine the suffering and shock the families are going through.  The community is also in mourning for this family and we, along with others, will […]