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Focus Ireland

Homeless Crisis as Economy Booms

By Sharon Ní Chonchúir, Contributor

December 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Ireland is a tale of two countries. While the economy is booming, the country is also facing the worst homelessness crisis in living memory, according to one of its leading homeless charities, Focus Ireland.There is now a record total of 9,689 people homeless, a number that includes more than 4,000 children.“The worrying thing about how systemic homelessness is becoming is that … [Read more...] about Homeless Crisis as Economy Booms

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