Pavee Point is shocked and appalled by recent allegations of slavery against Travellers in the United Kingdom. Pavee Point is dedicated to the promotion of the Human Rights of all people – Pavee Point unequivocally condemns slavery, exploitation of vulnerable people and forced labour in all their forms, wherever, by whomever perpetrated and whenever they […]
read more →The Department of Health today (Wednesday 7th September, 2011) published the Birth Cohort Follow Up Report of the All Ireland Traveller Health Study on the Department’s website. The report presents the one year follow-up of Traveller infants born on the island of Ireland between October 2008 and October 2009. The Department of Health and Children […]
read more →Pavee Point wishes to state its solidarity with the Travellers facing enforced eviction from the Dale Farm site in Cray’s Hill, Essex. The Dale Farm Dispute is primarily a planning dispute, allowed to drag on for a decade. This is deplorable, but the eviction of vulnerable people and children from their home of a decade […]
read more →Assumptions overturned as reporter finds many Roma families in poverty and squalor in Dublin A Documentary broadcast on 3 this month found that the assumptions and stereotypes of Roma in Ireland were simply untrue. The show, which aimed to expose organised aggressive begging in Dublin found no evidence of current organisation of the activity and […]
read more →Discriminatory community welfare provision phase out completed: Travellers to avail of local services rather than centralised services from 1 September 2011 Centralised services for Traveller community welfare provision were found to be discriminatory in 2007 – unlike other recipients of community welfare services who could access services at their local facilities, Travellers in the Dublin […]
read more →The annual Horse Fair at Borris, Co. Carlow, has been hailed as ‘a great success’ with the whole town packed and the cleanup operation completed in record time. A report in today’s Irish Times reflects a positive, well received event, with all shops and pubs open in the town to take advantage of the enormous […]
read more →NEWS RELEASE Pavee Point deplores school ruling Monday 25 July 2011 Released 3:00pm (Note that this is an amended release, updating facts and removing information for editors) Pavee Point Travellers’ Centre deplores the decision of Clonmel Circuit Court which overturned the determination of the Equality Tribunal that the Christian Brothers School in Clonmel had unnecessarily […]
read more →Released to Media on 31 May 2011 ‘Older Travellers Need to get Bolder to Keep Active and Alive’ An event to celebrate older Travellers’ contributions to the Traveller community and wider society today heard that life for older Travellers in Ireland has changed significantly. They have gone from travelling and living in tents on the […]
read more →Remarks delivered 8th April 2011 – Charleville Library, Dublin 1 “Let me remind you why we are celebrating International Roma Traveller Day. On this day 1970 the first Roma Traveller World Congress took place in London. This was the first attempt at trying to unite and give one voice to the many dispirit groups working […]
read more →A 27 year old man has appeared in court in Killarney as the first person in Ireland to be charged under Section 2 of the Incitement to Hatred Act over materials he published on the social networking website Facebook. Mr Patrick Kissane produced a page entitled ‘Promote the use of Knacker Babies for shark bait’, […]
read more →The habitual residency condition must be met in order for people to qualify for social assistance payments in Ireland. This means that the person must be resident in Ireland with“a degree of permanence evidenced by a regular physical presence enduring for some time, beginning at a date usually in the past and intended to continue […]
read more →Released to Media on 21 March 2011 To mark the International (UN) Day Against Racism (March 21st) the civil rights leader the Revd. Jesse Jackson launched the DVD ‘Pavee Parents Post Primary Concerns’ which is a resource for Traveller parents, students, teachers and policy makers. On this International Day Against Racism we need to acknowledge […]
read more →Pavee Point Travellers’ Centre has released a statement on events at Smithfield Horse Fair
read more →This statement was made by the ITM, National Traveller Women’s Forum and Pavee Point Travellers’ Centre Budgetary cuts in Traveller education are disproportionate compared to financial cutbacks of other mainstream educational cuts Support for Traveller Education Slashed while the Government Minister Mary Coughlan T.D. states that the Budget 2011 is ‘A budget that recognises the […]
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