Delighted to share our Traveller Pride Festival Programme - join us from 27th May for a week of celebrating Traveller culture, heritage and identity! #TravellerPride Irish Traveller Movement National Traveller Women’s Forum Cork City Council UCC Ireland MTU Cork Campus Access Service SOAR Project CESCACork Cork Midsummer Festival Triskel Arts Centre

Delighted to attend the #GoPurpleDay event at Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station today, which is an annual campaign led by Garda Info to help raise awareness of #domesticabuse and to share local support services.

Best wishes to all of the local domestic abuse services and Garda Info taking part in #GoPurpleDay to raise awareness of domestic abuse & supports available. Our team are taking part in events at Fitzgibbon Street, O'Connell Street & Shankill,Crumlin and Ballyfermot stations.

Pictured at the RCSI Intern Academic Track Showcase were Dr Aela O’Flynn & Prof Patricia Fitzpatrick showcasing their research into cancer awareness in the Traveller community, part of a joint study with UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems & Pavee Point funded by the National Cancer Control Programme

Catch up on Songlines, a documentary on Traveller singers, with Thomas McCarthy, directed by Pat Collins: bit.ly/3UxVCK6
Travellers preserve & promote songs & singing continues to be an important part of expression #TravellerCulture #TravellerHeritage

Photograph © RTÉ

A sensitive and pertinant documentary. What a wealth of #Traveller tradition and resilience! #Traveller Culture #Traveller Identity

Songlines review: Traveller singer Thomas McCarthy explores a painful history through song irishtimes.com/culture/tv-rad…

In Feb I led the Irish delegation to UN Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

I want to ensure our obligations under ICESCR stay on the agenda between UN presentations & I met with civil society groups & relevant Gov Depts to keep the issues to the fore.

Delighted to contribute an article to RTÉ Brainstorm with my wonderful DCU Institute of Education colleague Caitriona on how #Traveller stories link us to the natural world! Pavee Point Oein DeBhairduin ✨ CHRCE @dcu School of Human Development DCU_SEIGS Skein Press NCCA INTO (Irish National Teachers' Organisation)

How Irish Traveller stories link us to the natural world. The traditional knowledge contained in Mincéir stories may help us to reconnect with the natural world, write Anne Marie Kavanagh & Caitriona DCU Institute of Education @DCU rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

📢TODAY Dr Sindy Joyce PhD who is the only person in Ireland to hold a lectureship in Traveller Studies will deliver her first public lecture as part of #ResearchWeekUL

🗓️ Thurs 2 May
📍 ERB001 - Enginneering Research Building University Of Limerick
⏰ 2.30pm

ul.ie/researchweek

Pavee Point

Today on World Maternal Mental Health Day Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research and Womenscouncilireland hosted a conference focused on perinatal mental health.

Panel discussions and research presented highlighted the need for increased supports to aid the mental health of new mothers.

➡️tcd.ie/news_events/ar…

Just 1 week away from my hometown debut of my play at Galway Theatre Festival 😊

Join Oein DeBhairduin ✨, National Museum of Ireland Curator for Traveller #Mincéirí Culture on #IrelandsHiddenTreasures on RTÉ One this Sunday 5th May at 6.30pm and learn about the importance of representation & inclusion of Traveller culture in the National Collections.

tinyurl.com/5n7btb8c Lovely coverage from Irish Independent on this Sunday’s episode of Ireland’s Hidden Treasures on RTÉ One which features Oein DeBhairduin ✨ and the Traveller Collection at National Museum of Ireland Oein DeBhairduin ✨ recently launched the Mincéirí Archives #travellers Pavee Point

Becoming a mum can be lovely but sometimes lonely. Speak to our team today about how we can support you or someone close to you pre or post pregnancy.

We also run support groups for mums and mums to be in North Dublin

For more information call us on 01-8721094

Becoming a mother can be lovely but lonely. Up to 70% say they experience loneliness at some point. We all have a role in supporting new mothers and in helping combat loneliness. So Let’s Connect. Visit themotherhoodprogramme.ie
for info #maternalmentalhealthmatters
#letsconnect

Galway #Traveller activist to take RTÉ viewers behind the scenes of National Museum of Ireland independent.ie/regionals/galw…

Many #Travellers keep up the #MayDay Tree tradition of decorating a tree to celebrate the coming of light & also to ward off bad luck & any dangers.
Her grandchildren & Pavee Point continued the tradition Sheila Reilly, who passed this year, loved so much. bit.ly/3UG0kGM

Collaboration between government and civil society is vital and there is a need to strengthen this through recognition and resourcing of independent civil society.