News and events

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), launched the report Understanding attitudes to Travellers and Roma in Ireland on Tuesday 17 December 2024.

The event included a presentation of the key findings by report authors Frances McGinnity, Evan Carron-Kee and Anousheh Alamir, as well as a panel discussion of the implications. This report is part of a joint research programme on integration and equality funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

The event programme and presentation slides can be accessed here.

The research report, "A Community Needs Analysis with Traveller and Roma Students on Their Experiences of Higher Education: A Call to Action for Accountable and Transformative Policy and Practice Throughout the Higher Education System" was launched on Wednesday 7 May.

The full report is now available online and can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.48460/vd15-nn04.

The research has been conducted by College Connect in partnership with the National Traveller’s Women’s Forum and supported by Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre. This Community Needs Analysis study has been completed by Traveller and Roma higher education students and graduates and is a peer-led, participatory, arts-based study designed by the communities, for the communities.

The Traveller Pride Week 2025 will take place from Monday 19 May to Friday 30 May 2025. The theme of this year’s Traveller Pride Week is ‘Empowering the Future: The Next Generation of Irish Travellers’. National and local events will take place around the country, celebrating and promoting Travellers’ contribution to every aspect of Irish life including arts, education, culture, community work, youth work, employment and enterprise, drama, sport, and music.

The National Traveller Concert will be held on Friday 23 May. This event will celebrate Traveller culture and identity as part of Traveller Pride Week, and will showcase Traveller music, art, spoken word storytelling and other art forms as well as artists who are allies to the Traveller community.

More information on Traveller pride Week 2025 can be accessed at https://www.travellerprideweek.org/.