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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

Tackling Ireland’s Homelessness Crisis

By Dave Lewis, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2018

May 9, 2018 by 2 Comments

The housing crisis and collapse of the Celtic Tiger in the first decade of the 2000s led to a major increase in homelessness in Ireland. However, organizations like Merchant’s Quay in Dublin are hoping to help Ireland’s homeless population as well as bring awareness to a crisis that has escalated in recent years. According to FOCUS Ireland, the increased rates of homelessness … [Read more...] about Tackling Ireland’s Homelessness Crisis

Weekly Comment: Fionnula Flanagan’s Plea to End Dublin Homelessness

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
January 6, 2017

January 6, 2017 by Leave a Comment

The takeover and conversion of an unused government-owned Dublin office building into a homeless shelter is “the most revolutionary event to have occurred in that city since 1916,” writes Fionnula Flanagan. ℘ ℘ ℘  Hollywood legend and Irish America Hall of Famer Fionnula Flanagan, known for her movies like Waking Ned Devine, The Others, and Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment: Fionnula Flanagan’s Plea to End Dublin Homelessness

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July 26, 1856

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin on this day in 1856. Shaw, Ireland’s famous playwright and most well known for his works like “Pygmalion,” is amongst the four Irishmen who have received the Nobel Peace Prize for literature. In 1925, he was awarded the prize, just two years after William Butler Yeats won the award. Shaw was also well known for being a Socialist, writing essays such as “How to Settle the Irish Question” (1917).

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