Useful Websites

travellerheritage.ie
www.travellerheritage.ie
Traveller Community Development organisation in Co. Meath. The first ever online photo archive of Irish Travellers, searchable by surname/categories to explore the history of the Travelling Community in Ireland.

Exchange House Travellers Service
www.exchangehouse.ie
Provides services, i.e. Family Support, Youth Services, Drugs Counselling and Education programmes, to members of the Traveller community in the Dublin area.

Irish Traveller Movement
www.itmtrav.com
National network of organisations and individuals working within the Traveller community.

National Travellers Women’s Forum
www.ntwf.net
The National Traveller Women’s Forum is an alliance of Traveller women and Traveller organisations from throughout lreland which aims to work collectively to challenge the racism and sexism experienced by Traveller women and promote Traveller women’s right to self determination, the attainment of human rights and equality within society.

Pavee Point Travellers Centre
www.paveepoint.ie
Partnership of Irish Travellers and settled people working together to improve the lives of Irish Travellers through working towards social justice, solidarity, socio-economic development and human rights.

An Munia Tober
www.anmuniatober.org
Travellers support program for Belfast which provides a variety of services to the Traveller community.

Activelink An online website for non-profit community development groups in Ireland
www.activelink.ie

Website maintained by Irish American Traveller
www.travellersrest.org

Online resource for Irish news
www.iol.ie

Independent news website for Ireland and abroad
www.indymedia.ie

Workers Solidarity Movement
www.wsm.ie

Catholic Social Inclusion website
www.crosscare.ie

Irish Current Affairs and Commentary
www.eirbiz.com

Independent News Group
www.ireland.com

University College Cork
www.ucc.ie

American Research Site
www.anthrosource.net

Debate on European Union
www.forumoneurope.ie

Anti-racism in Sport
www.theredcard.ie

Central Statistics Office
www.cso.ie

Irish Vocational Education Association (IVEA)
www.ivea.ie
The Association represents the interests, at national level, of Ireland’s thirty-three Vocational Education Committees (VECs). As a representative body, IVEA seeks to protect, promote and enhance the interests of vocational education and training within the wider education sector and the country at large.

National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)
www.nala.ie
Independent membership organisation concerned with developing policy, advocacy, research and offering advisory services in adult literacy work in Ireland.

Department of Justice, Equality & Law Reform
www.justice.ie

Department of Social and Family Affairs
www.welfare.ie

Citizens Information
www.citizensinformation.ie
eGovernment website providing public service information for Ireland.

National Traveller MABS (Money Advice and Budgeting Services)
www.nattravellermabs.org
Part of the national network of Money Advice and Budgeting Services around the country that offer free, confidential and independent services for people in debt or in danger of getting into debt.

The Wheel
www.wheel.ie
Support and representative body connecting Community and Voluntary organisations across Ireland.

“Irish Traveller” on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Traveller

About the Irish Traveller communities in Ireland
http://www.nccri.ie/cdsu-travellers.html

Friends, Families and Travellers
http://www.gypsy-traveller.org/history/

The Travellers: Ireland’s Ethnic Minority
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/imperial/ireland/travellers.htm

National Women’s Council
The representative organisation of women in Ireland which works to promote equality, human rights and empowerment for women
www.nwci.ie

Health Service Executive
Provides health services and social services for the people of Ireland.
www.hse.ie

Dublin Samaritans
provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair
www.dublinsamaritans.ie/

Aware
Assists people whose lives are directly affected by depression.
www.aware.ie

Amnesty
Promotes and works to protect all human rights.
www.amnesty.ie

Irish Council for Civil Liberties
An independent, non-governmental membership organisation working to defend and promote human rights and civil liberties in Ireland.
www.iccl.ie

Women’s Health Council
inform and influence the development of health policy to ensure the maximum health and social gain for women in Ireland.
www.whc.ie

The Equality Authority
An independent body challenging gender based discrimination
www.equality.ie

Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence
Promotes the adoption of a coherent and coordinated response to gender based violence.
www.gbv.ie

National Consumer Agency
In March 2010, the consumer financial services related information and education function, previously under the responsibility of the Financial Regulator was transferred to the NCA, which now offers a one-stop shop service on consumer information and education issues in the Irish Economy.
www.nca.ie

An Garda Síochána
Ireland’s National Police Service
www.garda.ie/

The Legal Aid Board
Provides professional legal aid and support services
www.legalaidboard.ie/

The Courts Service
Provides information on the courts system to the public.
www.courts.ie/

NCPOP
National Centre for the Protection of Older People
www.ncpop.ie

TUSLA Child and family support agency
www.tusla.ie