Seven Traveller men who work in the area of health in different Traveller organisations across the eastern region  took part in a ‘Train the Trainers’ programme in sexual health. The training was called ‘Lets Talk…..About Safer Sex” and was run by HIV Ireland and funded by St. Stephen’s Green Trust.  This training was aimed at […]

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) spoke to Travellers and Roma and visited Traveller sites in preparation for its fifth country report on Ireland. During its visit we highlighted to ECRI: The need for a budget and accountability to ensure the implementation of the National Traveller Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS)  2017-2021 The lack […]

The Traveller collection from the Ulster University is being digitised this week and next at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane on Parnell Square. The collection consists of 130 boxes of little seen material.  So far 3,000 images have been scanned in the gallery – which include original photos. This is part of Traveller Collection […]

A new Traveller Oireachtas Group (TOG) aims to develop ‘solid, concrete actions’ on Traveller education, employment and mental health, said the group Co-Convenor Independent Senator Colette Kelleher at the launch today. “Since formal recognition of Travellers‘ ethnic minority status, Oireachtas members of all parties and none, have the opportunity now to create consensus and action […]

 It was our 13th year to be in the Dublin Pride parade.  With over 60,000 people watching and the biggest parade yet – it was great to be involved.  We got great cheers from the crowd while flying the flag for Traveller LGBTQI rights and for diversity. Thanks to all who were involved and to […]

A delegation of the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities visited Pavee Point this week as part of its country visit to Ireland. We were delighted to welcome the delegates and there was a roundtable discussion on the issues facing Travellers and Roma in Ireland today.  […]

Traveller Collection at The Hugh Lane gives a place to Traveller culture and identity in Dublin City’s Gallery and puts forward the idea of a national digital archive of Traveller culture. The project engages an ongoing collaborative process with cultural practitioners, Traveller activists and collectors in an exploration of what a Traveller collection or a […]

The sculpture ‘Street Singer’ by renowned Irish sculptor Jerome Connor (1874-1943) was visited by Travellers, artists, curators and members of the public at Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre today. The art work is on loan from the Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and is the first time that such a loan has taken […]

We were delighted to welcome Chief Officer of Community Health Organisation North City and County Mary Walshe, and her management team to Pavee Point this week.  After a presentation from Community Health Workers there was a discussion about some of the issues facing Primary Health Care Projects. The discussion focused on an update on the work […]

Pavee Point welcomes today’s report by the ESRI and IHREC which shows that Travellers are the most at risk of being homeless. According to ‘Discrimination and Inequality in Housing in Ireland’ Travellers make up 9% of the homeless population although Travellers make up just 1% of the overall population. Travellers also experience the highest levels of discrimination, […]

There was a good turn out today for our Men’s Health Day with special guest boxer Traveller Joe Ward at our Community Heart Garden in Finglas, Dublin.   Joe brought along his world and european medals for people to see.  He spoke about the importance of keeping healthy and getting regular health checks. He said you […]

This week in Pavee Point we were delighted to take part in a North Inner City project to mark the 10th Anniversary of the unveiling of the Dublin Human Rights and Poverty Stone. Travellers showed solidarity with other groups, and also highlighted the issue of Traveller poverty, by writing their human rights messages on stones. […]

The first joint meeting of the Collaborative Platform on Social and Economic Rights and the Operational Platform for Roma Equality took place this week at the initiative of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. The meeting was aimed to look at the protection of the rights to accommodation of Travellers and the rights to housing […]

Great to have Ann O’ Shea, Head of Service Primary Care, HSE at Pavee Point this week. Ms. O Shea met with Traveller Community Healthcare Workers and heard how important it is to protect and resource Traveller Health Units and Traveller Primary Health Care Projects. ‘It’s at this level we find out about the emerging […]

‘Travellers, whose suicide rates continue to be unacceptably high, deserve an urgent intervention from the State’ – the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care said in its interim report last month. (Photos by Derek Speirs) Today at Pavee Point we hosted Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Jim Daly, TD […]

Maynooth University today confers 24 men and women from Traveller and Roma communities across Ireland as graduates of its Community Work in a Changing Ireland Level 7 Certificate programme. (Photos by Derek Speirs) Speaking at the ceremony Anastasia Crickley from the Department of Applied Social Studies commented: “In a context where fewer than 13% of […]

The Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Mental Health has acknowledged the mental health crisis in the Travelling community and has called for action. “It is clear … that there is a mental health crisis in the Travelling community, and that the design and delivery of mental health services are failing Travellers, much more so […]