We are delighted with the win yesterday at the Animate Awards 2017 for our Traveller Maternal Health Initiative. This initiative, based in North Dublin, seeks to bridge the gap between Traveller women’s engagement with mainstream antenatal education and the maternity services. “The current mainstream approach to maternal health in Ireland is not accessible to Traveller […]

Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s suicide. In Ireland, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, after skin cancer. Each year over 3,000 men or 1 in 8 […]

This week Traveller Primary Health Care worker Winnie Mc Donagh facilitated her first Baby Massage 5 week programme with two Traveller mothers and babies.  Baby Massage can aid emotional stress, improve sleep patterns, sooth the baby, build immunity, assist recovery from post-natal depression and promote bonding between the parent/guardian and baby.  Winnie completed her training […]

Today’s discrimination research published by IHREC and the ESRI is more hard evidence of the inequalities faced by Irish Travellers – evidence that can no longer be ignored – says Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre. National Plan Against Racism The research “Who experiences discrimination in Ireland? Evidence from the QNHS Equality Modules” shows 1 in 8 […]

Early in 2017, we were approached by a young Traveller man living in Finglas.  Michael Collins of Avila Park, Finglas was just finishing his own studies and was looking at some business ideas. What could be done to reintroduce tinsmithing skills to the Traveller community?  And in what way could the craft be made a […]

Pavee Point welcomes the hard evidence in Census 2016 figures released today of the continuing inequalities faced by Irish Travellers. “These inequalities cannot continue to be ignored,”  said Ronnie Fay, Co Director Pavee Point. “These figures show the huge gaps that continue to exist in Traveller health, education, employment and accommodation.” “Travellers are dying 6 […]

Photo: Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government “Budget 2018 does not do enough to resolve the Traveller accommodation crisis,” said Martin Collins, Pavee Point Director today. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy yesterday announced a €3 million increase in the annual budget for Traveller accommodation bringing it up to €12 million in 2018. Minister […]

In Budget 2018 we are looking for reinvestment in Traveller inclusion to pre-recession levels –  particularly in accommodation and health. And we need increased funding for the implementation of the recently published National Traveller Roma and Inclusion Strategy. According to investment newsletters, funding for Traveller inclusion was decimated during austerity with 86% cuts in education […]

Pavee Point is delighted to announce that our Vaccination Awareness Initiative has been shortlisted for EU Health Award for NGOs 2017. This award recognises the valuable contribution of NGOs in contributing to high standards of public health in the European Union through vaccination. Pavee Point’s initiative was undertaken by our Traveller Primary Health Care Workers who provide a vital […]

Pavee Point’s Tica Munteanu participated in dialogue on inclusion of Roma, Sinti and Travellers at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) this week, during their annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. (See photo above) Experiences and good practices in supporting the participation of Roma, Sinti and […]

Twelve young Travellers got to see the Ireland soccer team training this week as part of the work of our Health Team. The lads got to meet their football heroes and to see what a professional training session is really like. This initiative is part of our ongoing work with the FAI and other sports […]

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes the announcement this week that a pig farm on the site of a Roma concentration camp in the Czech Republic will finally be bought by the Czech government and a proper memorial put in place. Owners of the pig farm, AGPI, agreed a sale price with the Czech […]

Our fantastic ethnicity quilt was admired by many at Áras an Uachtaráin this week.  Thanks to all those who put such a lot of hard work into making it.

Today President Michael D. Higgins was presented with our Traveller Ethnicity pin at a special ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin with a group from Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre. The Traveller Ethnicity Pin was created to celebrate the Irish State’s formal acknowledgement of Travellers as a distinct ethnic group in Irish society on 1st of […]