This lunchtime.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Artist Will St Leger (above with loud speaker) choreographs a living art piece outside Dáil Eireann to highlight the homeless crisis using volunteers with sleeping bags.
More as Will arranges it.
All pics by Mick Caul
Yesterday: Bring Your Own Bag
Update:
Further baggage.
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Triumph of the Will.
will the real slim shady please stand up?
“Artist” sure.
I’m sure that now that our government has been informed that there is a homelessness crisis they’ll swoop in and deal with it quickly and effectively. I can only assume they haven’t heard anything about it until this morning.
You would, by their inaction up to this point, that they haven’t. Or that they really don’t care.
I go for the latter, their leader’s hatred of the poor is known
If they haven’t heard anything about it since this morning they will conveniently forget it. Keep the pressure on.
Unemployment is down to 6.1%
Look how few people were able to turn up, given that so many people are back in full-time employment these days…
zero hour contracts paying less than living wage is not “employment”
yes it is, it’s just crappy employment
living art? it’s a feckin queue
i really like his show on phantom fm. but I like his politics a lot less.
this cause seems worthy but I fear it lacks the “nuts, bolts and detail” required.
many homeless aren’t homeless because they don’t have a home..there are other issues.
I don’t know what the solution but building more houses isn’t it.
And giving free forever homes isn’t it either.
Well, I saw everyone else lining up, so, uh – I thought you were selling drugs
Leo Vradkar: Uh, hi, Homeless Dude. What can I do for you?
Homeless Dude: Sir, I need to know where I can get some business Sleeping Bags.
Leo Vradkar: Sleeping Bags? My goodness, what an idea. Why didn’t I think of that? Sleeping Bags! Homeless Dude, there’s four places. There’s the Sleeping Bag Hut, that’s on third.
Homeless Dude: Uh-huh.
Leo Vradkar: There’s Sleeping Bags-R-Us, that’s on third too. You got Put-Your-Butt-There.
Homeless Dude: Mm-Hmm.
Leo Vradkar: That’s on third. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot… Matter of fact, they’re all in the same complex; it’s the Sleeping Bag complex on third.
Homeless Dude: Oh, the Sleeping Bag district!
Leo Vradkar: That’s right.
Leo Vradkar: Back to the Sleeping Bags, my friend. You know, there’s a little place called Mary Ann’s Sleeping Bags. The nice thing about that place is Mary Ann gets in the Sleeping Bag with you.
[laughs]
Leo Vradkar: I’m just kidding.
Homeless Dude: Oh.
Leo Vradkar: You know who invented the Sleeping Bag, Homeless Dude?
Homeless Dude: No.
Leo Vradkar: There’s something for you to do: find that out.
There’s been a Roma guy “sleeping” outside Shanahans on the green in a sleeping bag all of the past 2 days. It’s normally a Roma woman begging there so I guess they are switching up the act to cash in on the interest in homelessness at this time of year.
Pardon my cynicism.
Might be Totti, he retired recently.
I see a few familiar “known SJW” faces in the photos
Nice to see he has a few friends and friends of friends giving him a dig out. Hopefully someone will now realise we have homeless people. Phew.
how many of these people have offered a couch to a homeless person ?