Caitriona Twomey, of Penny Dinners in Cork
On Friday.
Caitriona Twomey, of Penny Dinners in Cork, wrote:
“We have lost four of our guys this past week, all quite young with the oldest being 52 years old and the others 20s, 30s and 40s… very young. All had addictions and mental health issues going on in their lives. Two had homes while two lived their lives on the streets as their work dried up.
“We need more services and we need them now to go right to the roots of the devastation that is becoming the norm in our city. The people of Cork, and indeed Ireland, are the most caring and helpful in the world.
“I urge all our local politicians to recognise this and to heed the strong message here. No one wants this pain. No one wants these deaths, least of all the people that are dying. Help them. Give our nurses, our gardai, our firefighters, our ambulance crews, our mental health services, our addiction services, our shelters/hostels, our defence forces, search and rescue/recovery units, etc, what they need. These are our frontline services, the people we all, at one point or another, depend on.”
Pic: Business Cork
This is very sad. Addiction is a scourge.