Month: January 2019

Bianca Paun, representing Pavee Point’s Roma programme, addressed the Holocaust Memorial event in the Mansion House to talk about the experience of the Roma people at the hands of the Nazis. The Holocaust known as Parajomas in the Romani language meaning ‘the devouring’  saw an estimated 500,000 Roma murdered by the Nazis. https://vimeo.com/313812059 Damaris Paun […]

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) published today its findings 2018 on the follow-up given by 8 States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal) to decisions in the collective complaints procedure. It says that none of the five issues on which the committee found against Ireland in December 2015 on Traveller accommodation have […]

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre calls for legislation to be amended to ensure that temporary emergency halting sites should meet fire safety and planning regulations. A Terrible Time “This has been a terrible time for the Lynch, Gilbert and Connors families who have had to relive the horror of that night in 2015.  We […]

A new Domestic Violence Act 2018 is here – get up to date with new laws. The Domestic Violence Act 2018 is the law on domestic violence in the Republic of Ireland. The Act brings many positive changes to make sure that victims of domestic violence are protected. Some changes include: No Forced Marriages (S.38) […]

We were delighted this week to hear of an award, by the Department of Justice & Equality, of €500,000 Dormant Account Funds to 7 organisations across the country to generate employment for members of the Roma Community . This is in line with Government commitments in the Roma Needs Assessment and the National Traveller Roma Inclusion Strategy.  […]

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre is calling on Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy TD to intervene and ban Traveller evictions until the Traveller accommodation crisis is over. Today (Jan 11th 2019) five families including 28 children face eviction from an old school site in Balgaddy, Clondalkin where they have been living since last year. The […]