Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, partnering with LGBT Pavee and BeLonG To Youth Services launched the first LGBTQ Traveller and Roma poster at the Office of the Ombudsman for Children on June 16th. The event was part of both Traveller Pride celebrations and Dublin Pride, which runs to the end of June. This project […]
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Pavee Point has submitted to the Department of Health on the topic of Universal Health Insurance, issuing a number of recommendations about Universal Health Insurance, equality of access to healthcare, equality proofing and the delivery of culturally appropriate health services. “Those with greater heath needs and poorer health status will be disproportionately affected by issues […]
read more →The Department of Education and Skills is introducing an ethnic identifier at primary level. This means that in the coming months parents will receive a form from their children’s primary school that will ask them to identify what cultural or ethnic background they identify with. Previously only Traveller children were asked to identify. Pavee Point […]
read more →The Children’s Ombudsman was asked to compile a report on the removal of two Roma children from their families last October. While this report has not yet been released to the public, details of it have emerged in the Sunday Times, published May 11th. Further coverage has emerged from The Irish Times today, as well […]
read more →Realising Roma Children’s Rights Conference Pavee Point hosted the conference “Realising Roma Children’s Rights” on 10 April to mark International Traveller and Roma Day. The conference was addressed by Minister Fitzgerald, Emily Logan, Professor Jacqueline Bhabha from Harvard University and Iulius Rostas from Corvinus University. The conference highlighted serious child welfare issues facing Roma children […]
read more →Today, April 17th, the Joint Oirechtas Committee on Justice presented their Report on Traveller Ethnicity, which recommends the recognition of Travellers by the Taoiseach or Minister for Justice and Equality by way of a statement in Dáil Éireann. The Report also calls for the Government to notify international bodies about the recognition, and finally suggests […]
read more →Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statment April 17th 2014 ‘Our Ethnicity- Our Pride, Your Prejudice: Time for the State to end this cycle of ethnicity denial’ Pavee Point today welcomes the publication of a report on the recognition of Traveller Ethnicity by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice. We call on the Minister […]
read more →How many readers familiar with the sport of powerlifting in the Republic of Ireland know the name of Anthony McDonagh, a Galway Traveller who won nine All-Ireland Powerlifting championships in the heavyweight division, two European championships and one World championship? For those unfamiliar with the sport, powerlifting consists of the squat, deadlift and bench press […]
read more →Pavee Point attended a meeting with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on 26 February to discuss the shortcomings of Irish legislation in protecting vulnerable Roma and Traveller women from domestic and sexual violence. The presentation highlighted how the persistent marginalisation of Traveller and Roma women makes women vulnerable to abuse and […]
read more →The Sunday Times on March 20th featured an article by journalist Gemma O Doherty about the recording of Traveller children on the Garda PULSE database. The article highlighted the story of Traveller woman Caroline Dunne who reported to a Garda station to have passport forms signed in respect of her one and two year old […]
read more →With changes made to the ‘in camera rule’ in January 2014, the media can now report on proceedings in family law and childcare court. This includes reporting of domestic violence cases. Under strict conditions, the media is prohibited to report any information, which is likely to identify the persons or child to whom the […]
read more →This week, the United Kingdom Press Complaints Commission found against Pavee Point for a complaint relating to the Daily Mail’s coverage of the removal of Roma children from their families in Ireland last year. Our complaint had argued that the Daily Mail had breached Clause 1 (accuracy) and Clause 12 (Discrimination) Of the Editors’ Code […]
read more →Killarney District Court last week awarded two Traveller women €1000 each on foot of being refused entry into McSorley’s nightclub, which was hosting a mental health charity event. The women arrived to the nightclub and were told by the doorman that there was no event on, but other people could be seen entering with tickets. […]
read more →Pavee Point is delighted today to highlight the decision by the Press Ombudsman to uphold a complaint made by Shane O Curry of ENAR that a column by Mr Ian O Doherty of the Irish Independent breached Principle 8 (Prejudice) of the Code of Practice for Newspapers and Magazines. We feel strongly that this was […]
read more →The Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse published an article that Siobhan Cafferty, former Pavee Point Drugs Programme Coordinator, co-authored with researchers from the Health Research Board in November 2013, pertaining to Travellers accessing addiction services in Ireland. A summary of the article entitled, “Travellers Accessing Addiction Services in Ireland (2007 to 2010): Analysis of […]
read more →On 13th January the Youth Work programme delivered Relationship and Sexuality Education Toolkit training to organisations working with young Travellers. The participants attending were made up of Travellers and settled people working directly with young Travellers. The participants were representing four Traveller organisation across the country which were; Wicklow Traveller Programme Sligo Traveller Group Kilkenny […]
read more →The British Irish Parliamentary Assembly met in Leinster House in January to consider issues facing Travellers and Roma in their jurisdictions. Membership is composed of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, House of Commons, the House of Lords, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. Pavee Point representatives presented to […]
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