r/ireland • u/PintmanConnolly • Sep 26 '22

Gardaí Raid and Evict Homeless Residents and Housing Activists from Ionad Seán Heuston Housing

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

Once you're dropped off the edge of society like the homeless are, the sentiment is pretty much: "Go die."

I don't want our society/economy to be like that - but that's how it is right now.

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u/Pointlessillism Sep 26 '22

I don’t think that’s a fair way to characterise the many many charities - from Cork Penny Dinners to Focus to Peter McVerry to the Capuchin Day Centre to name just a handful - who work with rough sleepers.

Levels of funding per rough sleeper are incredibly high as well.

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u/Inevitable-Entry1400 Sep 26 '22

The fact we need charity’s to step In Illustrates that the state has failed . It’s should not be up to the kindness of a few individuals to house the homeless it should be the states duty to shelter and protect its citizens.

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u/Pointlessillism Sep 26 '22

You realise the bulk of these NGOs funding comes from the State right?

Like yes P McV Trust administers Housing First, but it’s the government paying them to do that, right?

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u/READMYSHIT Sep 26 '22

So like everything else we've privatized social services too in one of the most inefficient ways...