Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement March 27th, 2014 Pavee Point: Remove these children from the Garda PULSE database Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre today call for the immediate removal of the details of Traveller and Roma children improperly entered in the Garda PULSE database and an investigation by the Garda […]
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Month: March 2014
On March 26th, Pavee Point and the Department of Applied Social Studies at the National University of Ireland Maynooth hosted a seminar on Ethnic Data supported by the Department of Justice and Equality. The seminar focused on the use of ethnic data to combat discrimination and featured speaker Patrick Simon, author of the Council of […]
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 […]
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