President Michael D. Higgins gave an inspiring speech at Pavee  Point today (18th November) at our 30th Anniversary celebration.  The President spoke with emotion about the discrimination and racism that Travellers experience  and recalled when Travellers were segregated in school classrooms and school yards. He said the recent Carrickmines fire tragedy raised important issues for […]

Photo: Patrick Reilly, Pavee Point with John Connors and Helen Hutchinson at ‘Lived Lives: a Pavee Perspective “Suicide in Ireland is at epidemic proportions.  In the Traveller community it’s like a plague and seems to be infectious,” said John Connors Love/Hate actor and Traveller when he launched the exhibition ‘Lived Lives: A Pavee Perspective’ this […]

This week saw Traveller ethnicity debated for the first time in Dáil Eireann and gave rise to a passionate plea from Equality Minister Aodhán O Riordáin to move away from ‘focus group equality’ to stand by the truth.  “The truth is that the Travelling community in this State, in this Republic are a distinct ethnic […]

Traveller Groups today (Nov 3rd) walked out of a Government conference in protest at lack of progress on Traveller accommodation.   The conference was organised for Local  Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committees (LTACCs) who said today they are being stonewalled in their work by local representatives who represent a racist agenda.  LTACCs were set up to […]

Today (Oct 29th)  is a big day for Geraldine and Annmarie McDonnell (pictured with Professor Philip Nolan) who pick up the parchment to say they graduate from Maynooth University. The graduation ceremony takes place in the Aula Maxima and both are graduating in an honours degree programme – Bachelor of Arts Community and Youth Work. […]

There was a fantastic show of cross community solidarity and support for Travellers at a Minceirs Whiden led protest outside Dáil Eireann today (28th Oct). Speakers included Brigid Quilligan of the Irish Traveller Movement, Patrick Nevin of Minceirs Whiden,  Maria Joyce of the National Traveller Womens’ Forum  and Martin Collins of Pavee Point at what […]

Hundreds of Irish Travellers from Dublin, Cork, Galway, Belfast, Cavan, Navan and all over England & Wales joined thousands of Roma in St. Peter’s Basilica for a special papal audience on Bank Holiday Monday (26th of October). The Irish group were preparing from 4.50am and left the hotel to begin queuing in St. Peter’s Square […]

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre is extremely disappointed at today’s announcement that talks to accommodate the bereaved Traveller families of the Carrickmines fire at the best site selected by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council – have failed. ‘Once again Travellers’ rights to a decent place to live come second place to the demands of […]

The family in Athlone whose child was removed from their home in 2013 have secured €60,000 damages in a settlement of their legal action.  Pavee Point welcomes the awarding of damages in light of the trauma that the young child endured.  The Logan Report noted the serious impact of these events on the child and […]

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has told the United Nations Human Rights Council that Travellers should be recognised by the Irish Government as an ethnic minority – as a priority. “While there has been some progress in advancing the dialogue on Traveller ethnicity, the State has not formally recognised Travellers as an ethnic […]

Pavee Point’s Gabi Florica Muntean is representing Roma in Ireland at the Council of Europe’s Review Conference of Roma Women taking place in Macedonia this week. The aim is to take stock of developments in the area of Romani women’s rights and social inclusion at national level since the first international conference of Roma women […]

Remove Pig Farm for Roma Pride This Sunday, October 4th, Roma Pride Day, Pavee Point and Roma activists are calling for the removal of a pig farm on the site of a WW2 concentration camp for Roma in the Czech Republic. On Sunday Roma activists are meeting to learn about the Holocaust when an estimated […]

Pavee Point has been invited to Europe’s largest annual human rights and democracy event this week in Warsaw, Poland.  The Human Development Implementation Meeting provides an opportunity for Pavee Point to highlight the human rights situation of Travellers and Roma in Ireland.  It is organised annually by the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe […]

Pavee Point is supporting the Ask Consent Campaign to raise awareness on the issue of sexual consent.  This campaign is a three week long national public awareness campaign funded by Cosc, The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence and developed by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC).   Do the Body […]

Pavee Point’s Co-Director, Martin Collins gave a broad welcome to the official launch of CENA – the first Traveller led approved Housing Body, at this week’s AGM of the Irish Traveller Movement. Minister of State at the Environment Department, Paudie Coffey TD  announced at the AGM that €2 million would be allocated to two CENA pilot […]

Pavee Point  attended the National Traveller Women’s Forum Policy Training event and AGM on 16th September.   “The event brought Traveller women together to discuss issues they face,” said Tessa Collins of Pavee Point’s Violence Against Women Project, who attended. The women were asked to reflect on their own experiences as Traveller representatives – going to […]