On Thursday, Minister of State at the Department of Health, Jennifer Murnane O Connor, visited Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre for a briefing session on the finer details of our organisation’s work. The Minister, with responsibility for Public Health, Well Being, and the National Drugs Strategy, was accompanied by David Leach, Assistant Secretary of […]
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This morning Pavee Point, in collaboration with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), presented the Irish findings from the EU FRA Survey to a packed room in Great Charles Street in Dublin. The morning began with the playing of the Romani anthem ‘Gelem, Gelem’ by Elisei Vasile. Following the introduction of the key […]
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On Friday, January 30, Pavee Point participated in the inaugural meeting of the National Traveller Mental Health Specialist Group at the Department of Health. The landmark meeting marks a significant step forward in addressing the mental health inequalities faced by the Traveller community. For Pavee Point, the Specialist Group follows from many of years of […]
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This week Pavee Point’s Men’s Health team attended a Movember Ireland event marking 100 days since the launch of the ‘Real Face Report’. The event brought together sector partners and champions of men’s health to discuss ‘what next?’ in terms of follow through on recommendations the ‘Real Face Report’. Leading the conversation at the event […]
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On Sunday Pavee Point attended the Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. Kristian Simonic and Jessica Simonic, representing the Roma community in Ireland, took part in the candle lighting ceremony, remembering Roma and Sinti victims of the Holocaust. It is estimated that 500,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered, and another […]
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Today marks a significant milestone for the Traveller community in Ireland, where 13 Travellers will graduate with Masters and Graduate diplomas at the University of Limerick. This represents the largest of group of Travellers to be conferred with Level 9 postgraduate qualification from any Irish university at any one time To mark the occasion both […]
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While the normal deadline for applications to the Central Applications Office (CAO) for September 2026 undergraduate college and university places closes on February 1st at 5 pm, the closing date for the reduced-cost application (€35) closes tomorrow: January 20th at 5 pm. Normal online applications cost €50 and you can find further information on fees […]
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From Pavee Point’s Education Programme comes an explainer for two new action plans published by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE): ‘Shaping the Future: Early Years Action Plan (Phase 1)’; and ‘Simplify and Support: Action Plan for Simplification’. The action plans focus on improving affordability, quality and sustainability in childcare. ‘Shaping the Future: […]
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Pavee Point yesterday (13/01) attended a FLAC and TCD Law School Conference on Civil Legal Aid Reform. There was a strong emphasis from speakers on the need for targeted legal services, including a properly resourced national Traveller Legal Service. It is vital that civil legal aid reform is urgently advanced to address the huge unmet […]
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‘[…], it is civil society that moves most tirelessly – the organisations, the lawyers, the defenders, the Roma and Traveller communities themselves and within them, so prominently, women. They are the ones who carry not only the weight of injustice but the knowledge of resilience, of diversity, of collective strength and solidarity. They push for […]
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This afternoon at Maynooth University the John O’Connell Award was posthumously awarded to Seán Regan in memory of his community work for human rights. A guest lecture was delivered by Michael O’Flaherty, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner. Michael began by paying tribute to both Pavee Point and the Maynooth University Department of Applied Social […]
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This afternoon, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community meets to discuss ‘Traveller Health: Research and Evidence Base’, and will be joined by representatives from University College Dublin (UCD). The meeting comes in light of research commissioned by the HSE National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) and published last week: the research […]
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On this Human Rights Day 2025, Pavee Point stands in solidarity with all who experience inequality, racism and discrimination, and with all who continue to work for full rights, dignity, and justice for all. As a human rights organisation, we know that this work remains essential, now more than ever. Today, we reflect on the […]
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Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre was centre stage today as polished readings took place at the Gate Theatre of a new play by Rosaleen McDonagh, commissioned to commemorate our 40th Anniversary. The play ‘Context’ highlights key moments in the history of Pavee Point but tells its own story through four fictional characters. Many of the […]
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Pavee Point welcome the publication of the report: ‘Beyond the Poverty Trap: A Roadmap for Sustainable Traveller Primary Health Care Projects’. The report marks the culmination of national research conducted by Dr. Stuart Stamp and commissioned by Pavee Point, and establishes a roadmap for sustainable Primary Health Care for Traveller Projects (PHCTPs). It comes in […]
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A new Traveller Wellbeing Through Creativity programme was launched this week via webinar. The programme aims to address health inequalities and improve Traveller wellbeing through creative projects. Traveller organisations and Traveller Primary Health Care Projects can now apply for funding to run creative projects in collaboration with artists and creative practitioners – including Traveller artists […]
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Launch of landmark National Traveller Research on Cancer Study highlights barriers to cancer awareness and prevention as well as vital role Traveller Primary Health Care Projects play in addressing this A national co-designed study led by UCD in partnership with Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre and the HSE National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), and […]
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Pavee Point sends congratulations to Megan Berry on her graduation from the UN Minority Fellows Programme which took place today at the UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva. Over the past month Megan Berry, previously of Pavee Point and who currently works as one of the Co Ordinators on implementation of the Traveller & […]
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Pavee Point currently has a number of vacancies. The closing date for applications is close of business on Thursday 11th of December. Co Ordinator Roma Programme Violence Against Women Programme Co Ordinator Administrator/Secretary All applications must be via the Pavee Point Application Form and can be emailed or posted to lee.davis@pavee.ie Pavee Point is an […]
read more →As part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence today, Pavee Point hosted an event, Pavee Beoirs In Conversation: The Road to Traveller Women’s Human Rights, bringing together Traveller women, Traveller organisations and State agencies across the country to reflect on the evolution of Traveller women and girls rights, gender equality and responses […]
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