Month: January 2023

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre was honoured to take part in the Holocaust Memorial Day event in Mansion House on January 29th 2023. This event is organised by Holocaust Education Ireland and remembers all victims of the Nazi Holocaust, including the 6 million Jews, and 500,000 Roma brutally killed during this time. Taoiseach Leo […]

Members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child raised questions and concerns in relation to Traveller & Roma children during Ireland’s two day review under the Convention this week. Concerns were raised by Committee members across a variety of important areas such as education, health and accommodation.  Education Committee members asked questions […]

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma centre would like to express our sympathies on the death of sociologist and campaigner, Fr. Micheal Mac Gréil this week-end. We send our condolences to his fellow Jesuits, to his family and to all his many friends and colleagues. As a leading sociologist Micheál MacGréil gave particular attention to the treatment […]

Pavee Point was delighted to attend a stakeholders forum with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications to highlight the need to include Travellers, Roma and other marginalised groups when talking about Sustainable Development Goals. Mary Brigid Collins, Co-Ordinator of Pavee Point Primary Health Care Project spoke at the event.  “Travellers and Roma want to […]

If you are a Traveller or Roma victim/survivor of domestic abuse and have engaged with the Gardaí – the Garda Inspectorate want to hear about your experience in an online survey.  This survey is confidential.  It asks people to identify their ethnic group. This is positive as it will make the Traveller and Roma experience visible.  […]