Ronnie Fay, RIP, today received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Community Development. Ronnie’s husband Philip Watt accepted the award and said that Ronnie was always interested in linking the local with the international and loved the IACD events. Ronnie very sadly died in January this year. As well as being Co […]
read more →Well done to all the winners at the Traveller Pride Awards as part of Traveller Pride Week. It was a great event at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin. It was wonderful to see so many in attendance to have so much positivity in the one room.
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Pavee Point was delighted to meet Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, TD to discuss implementing the National Traveller Health Action Plan, due to be published in September. Pavee Point also welcomes commitments to engage with the Department of Health and HSE on further developments to address Traveller health inequalities.
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Pavee Point welcomes Equality Minister Roderic O Gorman’s commitment to ensuring implementation and measurable outcomes in the new National Traveller & Roma Inclusion Strategy. The Minister was speaking as part of Ireland’s review under the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that took place in Geneva this week. Mr O’Gorman told the Committee […]
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Pavee Point welcomes the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence published by the Government on 28 June 2022. We welcome the recognition of and commitment to intersectionality and community development approaches as key elements of the Third Strategy, and in particular the acknowledgement that Traveller and Roma communities experience additional challenges in […]
read more →It was great to take part in Dublin Pride for the 17th year and to celebrate Traveller and Roma LGBTQ+ identity. People gathered at Pavee Point to prepare banners and bunting before heading down to meet others for the parade. Being able to celebrate post COVID was a great plus and important as always to […]
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Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, TD visited Pavee Point to discuss much needed action on Traveller mental health as part of commitments in the Programme for Government. The National Traveller Health Action Plan is due to be published in September, said Minister Butler and gave commitment that the Plan be would resourced […]
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It is with a heavy heart that we acknowledge today the sad death of our dear colleague – Nurul Amin. Our deep sympathies go to Nurul’s wife Lovely, his son and daughter Hirok and Suchi, their families and Nurul’s four grandaughters. May he rest in peace and may Nurul’s thoroughness and his commitment and dedication […]
read more →Over 100 Traveller men from around the country gathered today at 15 Acres Phoenix Park for Pavee Point’s annual Traveller Men’s Health Day to promote good physical and mental health as part of Men’s Health Week. “It’s great to see Traveller Men’s Health Day back in the calendar after COVID,” said Pavee Point Men’s Health […]
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On 3rd of February 2022, we said our final good bye to Pavee Point Co Director, Ronnie Fay. May she rest in peace and may her courage, commitment and determination live on in all who seek to work for the transformation essential for a just, sustainable world for everyone, everywhere. These tributes only go someway […]
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Pavee Point took part in today’s Department of Education’s consultation with Traveller organisations on its Anti-Bullying Action Plan. “It’s important the the Traveller voice is heard and Pavee Point called for data by ethnicity on racist bullying to be collected in schools and analysed and used to make positive changes,” said Education Worker, Tracey Reilly. […]
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Photo on home page by Derek Speirs. Pavee Point was part of a protest to highlight the need for urgent action on Traveller Mental Health. There was a great show of support and solidarity by Traveller organisations and allies at the protest on 31 May, organised by the National Traveller Mental Health Network. Speakers highlighted […]
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Pavee Point was delighted to host a visit by the European Roma Grassroots Network Organisation (ERGO) this week. ERGO reps visited Shuttleknit – a Traveller enterprise in Co. Wicklow – as well as visiting Traveller sites and speakin about the issues that Travellers face. Thanks to everyone who supported the visit. ERGO is an organization […]
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Pavee Point is delighted to share today our documentary Romani Kultura: Roma Voices in Ireland to mark International Romani Resistance Day On 16 May we remember this date in 1944, when Roma prisoners in Auschwitz Concentration Camp rose up against the Nazi authorities saving some lives in a brave show of resistance and resilience. Today […]
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“In the older years I’m very proud to be a grandmother, and a great grandmother, and to pass some of the knowledge that I know about Travellers on to the younger generation as well. “I see a big difference. The young Traveller women years ago did not have nearly enough of what the young Travelling […]
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Pavee Point welcomes today’s announcement of ‘Funding the Future” – the Department’s new policy on funding Higher Education and Reducing the Cost of Education – launched by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD. “We welcome the Minister’s commitment to change and review higher education access. Traveller education […]
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Pavee Point was delighted to feed into this report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust. Speaking at the launch Pavee Point’s Nuala Kelly welcomed recommendations on the need for antiracism in penal system, to address institutional racism and professional development for staff. Ms. Kelly also highlighted the need for more data on ethnicity and commended […]
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Great to have Traveller health inequalities discussed with Mary Brigid Collins and Missie Collins at a Women’s Health Conference to discuss ‘reaching for equality’. Mary Brigid spoke about health inequalites faced by Irish Travellers, barriers to accessing services and the difficulties in getting appropriate services. “We need positive action within the mainstream to achieve equal […]
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Fundamental rights and the rule of law in Ireland are the focus of a report published this week following on from a virtual visit to Ireland in 2021. The report from the European Economic and Social Committee acknowledges that the pandemic disproportionately affected Roma and Travellers and exposed the difficulties in accessing health services and […]
read more →On International Traveller & Roma Day 2022, Pavee Point sends out a strong message of solidarity with Roma in Ukraine and celebrates Traveller & Roma identity and resilience. See our statement on Roma and other minorities in Ukraine.
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