Tag Archives: Homeless

This morning/afternoon.

Dublin soup run faces closure with fears HSE inspection may be the ‘final nail in the coffin’ (Dublin Live)

Hmm.

Saturday.

The novel suggestion of introducing ‘wheelchair accessible’ park benches was made by Galway City Fine Gael Councillor Clodagh Higgins.

To help the disabled get that prized middle seat?

Or deter the homeless from having a kip?

We may never know.

Meanwhile…

Anyone?

This morning.

Supporters and residents protest outside the Travelodge hotel, Ballymun and Ballymun Council offices.

The hotel has been used by Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) as accommodation with the contract due to end on July 15. CATU Ireland claims that families being moved out of the hotel have been offered “dangerous and unsuitable” accommodation.

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This morning.

Mary Street, Dublin 1.

732 Notices to Quit Served to Dublin Tenants Last Year, Raising Fears of Wave of Homelessness (Dublin Inquirer)

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Meanwhile…

Last night.

This morning and yesterday afternoon.

Dublin city centre.

Meanwhile…

There’s been an increase in drug relapses and loneliness among homeless people during the pandemic.

A new study from Merchants Quay Ireland’s warned that rough sleepers who are struggling with mental illness and drug use, are suffering as a result of disruption to services because of Covid.

They’ve had reduced access to toilets, been unable to wash and have found the loss of in-person counselling supports difficult.

Increase in drug relapses and loneliness among homeless community (FM104)

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