Author: Holly Milton

As part of Heritage Week 2024, Pavee Point hosted ‘In Conversation with photographer Derek Speirs’, to discuss the collaboration between him and Pavee Point for the last almost 40 years! Opening the event, Martin Collins, Co-Director of Pavee Point said ‘Derek has kindly donated thousands of photographs to Pavee Point. They are of really historical […]

Today, 2nd August, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of the Roma Genocide, where an established 500,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered in concentration camps or mobile death squads in Nazi-occupied regions of Europe between 1939 and 1945. In the lead up to European Holocaust Memorial Day this year, Pavee Point attended a week of commemorative […]

Pavee Point welcomes the publication of the first national Traveller and Roma Education Strategy (TRES) following its consideration by cabinet on 15th July and the subsequent launch statement by Norma Foley Minister for Education on July 16th. This short note provides a brief indication of the Strategy’s background and concerns and will be supplemented by […]

Are you a Traveller interested in Traveller histories and culture? Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre is looking to recruit Traveller (s) to work on our archive project. This will involve learning about how to preserve and organise photographs, paper documents, sound recordings and other material in a collection. You will get to work with […]

Traveller Pride Week 2024 kicks off on May 20th and runs until the May 31st.  There is a huge range of activities happening around the country from family fun days, Traveller living history,  arts, music and more. You can find the programme of events here: https://www.travellerprideweek.org/ Traveller Pride Awards 2024: When: Thursday 23rd May  What […]

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre wishes to recruit a building and maintenance worker via a Traveller Community Employment Scheme.  For all information see our job description.  Please apply using the Pavee Point Application Form and email it to lee.davis@pavee.ie by 5pm Friday 17th May 2024.

Many Travellers keep up the ‘May Day Tree Tradition’ – where a tree is decorated to celebrate the coming of light and also to ward off bad luck and any dangers. Here Kieran Joyce and Baby Sheila Reilly keep up the tradition of their great grandmother Sheila Reilly. Sheila sadly passed away earlier this year […]

We were delighted to attend the launch event to celebrate the first year of National Voter Registration Day Ireland‘s initiative. After welcome speeches from Brian Herne, Art O’Leary, Chief Executive at An Coimisiún Toghcháin – The Electoral Commission of Ireland and Liliana Fernandez, Director of National Voter Registration Day Ireland, there was an insightful panel […]

Pavee Point Traveller & Roma Centre welcomed Dr. Stephanie O’Keeffe, newly appointed CEO of Cuan, the Domestic and Sexual & Gender Based Violence (DSGBV) Agency on her visit today, which started with a tour of the work of its individual programmes. The Violence Against Women Programme briefed Dr. O’Keeffe on its work on a dedicated […]

Today, on International Traveller & Roma Day 2024, we recognise and celebrate the rich culture, history, diversity and resilience of Travellers and Roma in Ireland and beyond. This day reminds us that we must continue to tackle racism in all of its forms and stand in solidarity with one another to ensure rights are respected, […]

Are you a Traveller interested in the arts and helping to promote Traveller participation in the arts in Ireland? This job offers an opportunity to engage with arts and culture organisations and with Travellers and Traveller organisations working in arts and culture – across a broad range of creative activities such as music, film, drama, […]

On today, the International Day against Racism, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre stands in solidarity with all who experience racism in all its forms everywhere. We call for urgent action at every level – locally, nationally and globally for its elimination.Today marks one year since the launch of the Government’s National Action Plan Against […]

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre were delighted to host the third in a series of six Traveller and Roma Education Strategy Consultations currently taking place around the country. The consultation today was focused on Roma Education. The consultation events propose to capture participants’ views on: –  the ambition required for the Traveller and Roma education strategy; – […]

Pavee Point first and foremost would like to state that we as an organisation, abhor all instances of animal cruelty, any of which are totally unacceptable. A recent incident of the death of a horse as reported on social media over the weekend in particular is a shameful act and should never have happened. The […]

Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre were delighted to host the second in a series of six Traveller and Roma Education Strategy Consultations currently taking place around the country. The first consultation was hosted by the National Traveller Women’s Forum in Portlaoise, and focused on Traveller Education. The consultation events propose to capture participants’ views on: […]