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 […]
read more →Minister for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler TD, launched the new Young Pavees ‘Mind Your Nuck’ website today. This innovative platform offers culturally appropriate information on many areas impacting on young Travellers’ mental health – racism, discrimination, drug issues and unemployment – and offers signposting to services. Pa Reilly, Pavee Point Mental Health Coordinator, chaired the […]
read more →New research published today by Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre highlights key actions to help ensure the implementation of Traveller policies and see a real improvement in quality of life for Irish Travellers. “The inequalities that exist for Travellers are a blot on our human rights landscape,” said Pavee Point Co Director, Martin Collins […]
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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 […]
read more →Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay2022 and we salute everyone working to raise awareness on the mental health crisis within the Traveller community. Research shows that Travellers experience worse outcomes in health and experience a suicide rate that is 7 times the national average. The well-being of the Traveller community is of utmost importance, and addressing mental health […]
read more →Pavee Point welcomes education funding announced this week that will see the introduction of initiatives to drive better outcomes for Traveller and Roma students. Under the 2022 Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan, the Department of Education received €400,000 to tackle education disadvantage for Traveller and Roma communities and to support attendance, participation and retention among […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
read more →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 […]
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Pavee Point welcomes the new National Access Plan for Equity of Access, Participation and Success in Higher Education, 2022 – 2028, launched today, and believes it’s a critical response to supporting progression and retention rates of Travellers, Roma and other priority groups in higher education. Since its establishment Pavee Point has been advocating for Traveller […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes recent comments from An Taoiseach Mícheál Martin, TD acknowledging that the stock approaches to Traveller issues are not working. The Taoiseach told the Dáil that the Government needed to comprehensively review its approach. “We agree that a renewed impetus and vision is needed to bring about real improvements […]
read more →In the run up to the review of Ireland under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Pavee Point with other Traveller organisations, has produced a joint alternative report on the human rights situation of Traveller and Roma children in Ireland. The review is due to take place in Geneva at the start […]
read more →The horrors of the past must not be forgotten and reminds us of the importance of addressing the specific forms of anti-Roma and anti-Traveller racism across Europe. #RomaGenocide Memorial Day #2August #RomaHolocaust #RomaGenocideRemembranceDay
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes today’s announcement of enhanced financial supports for students seeking to access higher education. We welcome the specific supports for Travellers and Roma announced today by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris. We also welcome the commitment to set specific targets for […]
read more →Traveller and Roma organisations welcome the clear focus on Traveller and Roma policy implementation highlighted by the UN Human Rights Committee in its Concluding Observations of Ireland under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, published today. Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, along with National Traveller Women’s Forum, Galway Traveller Movement, Donegal Travellers […]
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Pavee Point welcomes the news today that an industrial pig farm at the site of a one time Nazi ‘Gypsy Camp’ will begin demolition and a memorial will be built. This has been long campaigned for by Roma activists and Pavee Point has supported these campaigns. Lety in the Czech Republic is the site of […]
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