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Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre holds its 10th National Traveller and Roma Men’s Health Day On Wednesday, 12th June, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre held its 10th National Traveller and Roma Men’s Health Day at the Phoenix Park. Pavee Point, through the Eastern Region Traveller Health Unit, has hosted an annual Traveller and […]

Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Colm Burke launched an interactive map of publicly-funded drug treatment and drug-related family support services yesterday. The online tool is a partnership between the Department of Health and the Health Research Board and marks the first time a visual database of services has been produced. […]

Today, Thursday, 30th May, Aisling Heffernan, Chairperson of the National Traveller Health Implementation Group (NTHIG) and HSE Community Healthcare East Chief Officer, visited Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre. NTHIG oversees the implementation of the National Traveller Health Action Plan 2022-2027 (NTHAP).   Ms Heffernan was given a comprehensive briefing on Traveller health and overview […]

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 […]

Last week Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre participated in a number of events highlighting urgent concerns in relation to child poverty. Pavee Point continues to advocate for the collection of disaggregated ethnic data, which is essential to tackle educational disadvantage and child poverty among Traveller and Roma children. Urgent Action Needed to Address Child […]

Pavee Point Drugs Alcohol and Addiction Programme (DAA) would like to congratulate Annmarie Sweeney for receiving the Traveller Pride Award for Intersectionality. Annmarie is a fantastic advocate and role model for women both inside and outside the Traveller community who are struggling with addiction or the effects of addiction. She has shown both in words […]

The Annual Traveller Pride Awards had a distinct influence from the West and North of Ireland this year, with winners coming for the first time from counties Tyrone and Donegal, while civil rights activist, Bernadette McAliskey, was included as one of the guest presenters. Several individuals from Galway and Mayo were recognised this year, while […]

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: […]