Traveller Ethnicity at Joint Oireachtas Committee

Pavee Point this week welcomed the completion of hearings at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality on the issue of Traveller ethnicity. The Committee heard from Traveller organisations in April 2013. In the Summer of this year, they heard from several academics, and have just completed hearing submissions from the Human Rights Commission […]

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Travellers Accessing Addiction Services

The Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse recently published an article that Siobhan Cafferty, former Pavee Point Drugs Programme Coordinator, co-authored with researchers from the Health Research Board, pertaining to Travellers accessing addiction services (check out la drug rehab center to get rid off drug addiction) in Ireland.  The following is an abstract of the article […]

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Voter’s Registration- Your Vote: Use it or Lose it

  Local and European elections are due in May 2014. Your local council is responsible for putting together the Register of Electors. Every Local Authority operates slightly differently so it is worth checking with your local Council to find out the precise procedures they use. The first step is to check the register to see […]

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James McDonagh Speaks at the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Wednesday 17th October was the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty.  To mark this day people gathered at the famine memorial along the quays.  James McDonagh addressed the crowd and talked about the racism that Travellers and Roma experience in Ireland.  He emphasised how the issue of racism cannot be separated from the poverty […]

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