Pavee Point calls today for a long term plan – focused, strategic and resourced – to tackle Traveller health inequalities at the Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. Speaking to the Committee Patrick Reilly, Mental Health Worker, Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre said “We’re tired of the status quo. Traveller organisations alone cannot […]
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Month: September 2019
Culture Night was an enjoyable event for everyone as visitors discovered new and interesting things about Traveller and Roma way of life. (Photos by Derek Speirs) Life on the Road Traveller staff from Pavee Point spoke about life on the road and what life was like for Traveller women in the old days. People learned […]
read more →On Friday 20th September we were contacted by the media in relation to videos that appeared on social media featuring members of the the firebrigade and An Garda Síochána. Martin Collins, Pavee Point Co Director gave the following response to the media and we are following up with both An Garda Síochána and firebrigade services. […]
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Traveller groups around the country have come together to highlight suicide prevention events that will take place in September to highlight World Suicide Prevention Day. Latest figures show that suicide accounts for 11% of all Traveller deaths and that the suicide rate is 7 times the national average for Traveller men and 6 times the […]
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