Pavee Point was delighted to be in Strasbourg this week for training to ‘Address racially motivated crimes against Roma, Sinti and Travellers: towards effective and non-discriminatory policing’. Hugh Collins of our Education Team and Thomas McCarthy of our Drug and Alcohol Programme took part in the training along with Roma and Sinti counterparts. The OSCE/ODIHR and […]

Thanks to everyone who attended our Roma Healthy Heart Day this week at Pavee Point.  It was a difficult week for the Roma community, and other minority ethnic groups, given last week’s violence fuelled by the far right in pursuit of a racist agenda.  This left many Roma feeling frightened and vulnerable. Our event was […]

Pavee Point’s Violence against Women (VAW) Programme marked the 16-Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence by hosting an event to raise awareness of relationship abuse. This event was for Travellers and also raised awareness on services and supports available in their local areas. This event was done in partnership with Mary Hayes from Women’s Aid’s Too […]

The documentary ‘Patrick A Young Traveller Lost’, shown on RTE One, was a hugely sad and solemn call for the urgent action needed to improve Traveller mental health.  It is also a testament to people’s courage and to the resilience within the Traveller community. Improving Traveller mental health means improving Traveller life overall.   Mental […]

All in Pavee Point are horrified by the brutal attack on children and their carer in Dublin yesterday outside a school close to our base. Our prayers and thoughts are with them and their families and the whole school community. We are horrified by the violence which followed fuelled by the far right in pursuit […]

A Pavee Point group went to see the Traveller tinsmith can that is part of the ‘Andy Warhol Three Times Out’ exhibition at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin. The tin can and jug were made as part of a workshop with tinsmiths Tom McDonnell and James Collins prior to the exhibition.  James and Tom made […]

Pavee Point was very happy today to host our second annual roundtable on education and training.   It was great to have people working in a range of education settings from Early Years to Third Level and Further Education as well as Traveller organisations from Donegal, Kilkenny, Limerick, Tipperary as well as Dublin attend.  There was […]

Pavee Point welcomes the first report on Ireland from the Council of Europe’s expert committee on Violence Against Women, (GREVIO) published yesterday on 13th November. The report echoes Pavee Point’s concerns that Traveller and Roma women’s experiences and needs are not sufficiently taken into account in current mechanisms and responses to gender based violence (GBV).  […]

Please see the agenda for our Roundtable on Education & Training. To book, please email tracey.reilly@pavee.ie. AGENDA 10.00 am – Registration – Tea and Coffee 10.30am – Welcome, Introduction to the Day, Opening Remarks Tracey Reilly, Pavee Point Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson Pavee Point 10.40am – Senator Eileen Flynn addresses the meeting 10.45am – Traveller and […]

People got a real feel for Donegal’s Musical Doherty’s thanks to the in-depth talk by Rab Cherry of Donegal Fiddle Music who presented at Pavee Point this week.  And thanks to those who attended and who travelled to be at the event especially Donegal Traveller Project. The talk, based on the family tree of Doherty […]

Are you committed to and experienced in working for human rights, particularly in health access, participation, and outcomes for marginalized or minority groups? Are you experienced in coordinating and leading policy, developing and overseeing innovative initiatives? Pavee Point invites you to lead the work of our large and dynamic Traveller Health Programme! See full job description here. Application […]

Celebrating recovery from addiction was the main theme of our ‘Pavee Celebration of Recovery’ event this week. (Photo: Speakers John Connors and Ann Marie Sweeney) Travellers in recovery from addiction gave powerful testimonies of their experiences.  Their stories were inspiring, and their experiences showed that trauma was at the root cause of their addiction, but […]

Census 2022 shows the number of Irish Travellers living in the State and counted in Census 2022 was 32,949, up 6% from 30,987 in Census 2016. “This is good news,” said Pavee Point Primary Health Care Co Ordinator Mary Brigid Collins, “It shows the value of work of over 30 years in which Pavee Point […]

Read our open letter on the war crimes being committed in #Gaza – https://www.uplift.ie/news/open-letter-gaza/

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomes today’s announcement by Further and Higher Education Minister, Simon Harris TD that ‘SUSI grants for fees’ will be extended to part-time students. “This is something we have been advocating on for a while,” said Pavee Point Education Worker, Tracey Reilly, “More supports for part-time students will enable more […]

Martin Collins spoke at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference this week on human rights of Irish Travellers and Roma in Ireland and highlighted ongoing inequalities. He highlighted the need  for the State sector to engage effectively on issues impacting on minorities.  “We need to move from policy making to policy implementation,” he said. This conference […]

This month you can have your say on Traveller Education by doing this Department of Education online survey. It’s important that as many Travellers as possible to speak up. This video let’s you know in advance the questions asked in the Traveller Education Strategy Survey. This will be followed up with other consultations. Link to […]

Pavee Point Men’s Health and Mental Health Initiative recently partnered in research with Dr Noel Richardson of Carlow South East Technical University exploring an ‘Intersectional Approach to the Lived Mental Health Experiences of Traveller Men Affected by Suicide’. The study findings reinforce previous research on the factors underpinning the high suicide rate among Traveller men […]