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More than 1,000 children now homeless in Dublin

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  • 29-06-2015 2:24pm
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    SummerSale
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    More than 1,000 children are now homeless in Dublin. The latest figures from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive show, in the week of May 18th-24th, there were 1,034 children – in 490 families – in emergency accommodation.

    Absolutely shocking no?

    Whatever about adults who have lost their way through drink and drugs and ended up on the streets. Would you walk past a begging homeless child?


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    snubbleste
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    They are in emergency accommodation, not sleeping rough.


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    MathDebater
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    Do you have a link to the report?


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    SummerSale
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    They are in emergency accommodation, not sleeping rough.

    Source?


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    Tzardine
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    Misleading thread title is misleading.


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    Whosthis
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    SummerSale wrote: »
    More than 1,000 children are now homeless in Dublin. The latest figures from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive show, in the week of May 18th-24th, there were 1,034 children – in 490 families – in emergency accommodation.

    Absolutely shocking no?

    Whatever about adults who have lost their way through drink and drugs and ended up on the streets. Would you walk past a begging homeless child?

    Would emergency accommodation not indicate that they're off the streets?


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    snubbleste
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    SummerSale wrote: »
    Source?
    Eh, your own post
    The latest figures from the DRHE show, in the week of May 18th-24th, there were 1,034 children – in 490 families – in emergency accommodation.


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    kneemos
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    "Homeless " doesn't necessarily mean living in the street.
    Those living in supported accommodation are also considered homeless I believe.


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    SummerSale
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    MathDebater wrote: »
    Do you have a link to the report?


    Yes, but as a new user I cant link to it here. It is on the Irish Times site.


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    BoJack Horseman
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    SummerSale wrote: »
    Source?

    http://www.homelessdublin.ie/homeless-figures

    About 3,000 accessing homeless services.
    105 rough sleepers.... (In Dublin)


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    NachoBusiness
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    Yeah, seen a few babies panhandling around the Grafton St area last night.

    Apparently they just wanted money for some "breastmilk".

    Yeah, course you do.

    Crawl on.


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    Whosthis
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    kneemos wrote: »
    "Homeless " doesn't necessarily mean living in the street.
    Those living in supported accommodation are also considered homeless I believe.

    Homeless in a hotel. The poor mites.


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    Generic Dreadhead
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    Outrageous!!!!

    Happy OP?


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    darkpagandeath
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    Hop in a boat, Get rescued I'm sure you will get lot's of free stuff then.


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    JustTheOne
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    This is the problem. People read something on the journal and jump to conclusions blaming enda Kenny

    Just like the homeless chap who died last year who sold 2 houses and refused accommodation because of his drug addiction

    We have a high percentage of not so intelligent people its worrying.


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    darkpagandeath
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    JustTheOne wrote: »
    This is the problem. People read something on the journal and jump to conclusions blaming enda Kenny

    Just like the homeless chap who died last year who sold 2 houses and refused accommodation because of his drug addiction

    We have a high percentage of not so intelligent people its worrying.

    Sure stable homes are no interest to children. Sure routine means nothing to them.


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    JustTheOne
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Sure stable homes are no interest to children. Sure routine means nothing to them.

    I'm merely pointing out the hyperbole.


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    BoJack Horseman
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    JustTheOne wrote: »
    People read something on the journal and jump to conclusions blaming enda Kenny

    That is the purpose of theJournal isn't it?


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    wakka12
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    Are most of these homeless children roma immigrants?


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    darkpagandeath
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    JustTheOne wrote: »
    I'm merely pointing out the hyperbole.

    Do they have a home ?


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    darkpagandeath
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    wakka12 wrote: »
    Are most of these homeless children roma immigrants?

    Can't be they only take the ones with blonde hair away they leave the others where they are.


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    fedor.2.
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Hop in a boat, Get rescued I'm sure you will get lot's of free stuff then.

    Perfect


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    cant be pretty being cooped up in a hotel room with children for months at a time


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    CFlat
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    The term 'homeless' has changed over the last couple of decades.

    When I was a young fella homeless people during the day heated their hands, wearing fingerless glooves, against a flaming barrel in the middle of a wasteland. At night they slept in a doorway covered in newspapers with their faithful dog, probably called Spot, sitting beside them.

    Today homeless people in Ireland, live in hotels, guesthouses or hostels. They may not have their own home, but they are not homeless. Of course it would be great if everyone did, but we do not live in a utopian society.

    The latter option, while not perfect, is a far better scenario, IMO.


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    darkpagandeath
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    CFlat wrote: »
    The term 'homeless' has changed over the last couple of decades.

    When I was a young fella homeless people during the day heated their hands, wearing fingerless glooves, against a flaming barrel in the middle of a wasteland. At night they slept in a doorway covered in newspapers with their faithful dog, probably called Spot, sitting beside them.

    Today homeless people in Ireland, live in hotels, guesthouses or hostels. They may not have their own home, but they are not homeless. Of course it would be great if everyone did, but we do not live in a utopian society.

    The latter option, while not perfect, is a far better scenario, IMO.

    I'm sure one would swap with the fortunate people you are talking about, Sure even a TD I bet would jump at the chance to live in a hotel with kids. Words change society's change what was acceptable once is not now.


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    Streetwalker
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    But but but our bond yields are down or something.


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    Tony EH
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    CFlat wrote: »
    The term 'homeless' has changed over the last couple of decades.

    When I was a young fella homeless people during the day heated their hands, wearing fingerless glooves, against a flaming barrel in the middle of a wasteland. At night they slept in a doorway covered in newspapers with their faithful dog, probably called Spot, sitting beside them.

    Today homeless people in Ireland, live in hotels, guesthouses or hostels. They may not have their own home, but they are not homeless. Of course it would be great if everyone did, but we do not live in a utopian society.

    The latter option, while not perfect, is a far better scenario, IMO.

    The term "homeless" always meant no fixed abode.


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    Depraved
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    1000 in emergency accommodation? That's not homeless.

    Where I am in Manilla, there are 50 times that number really living on the street. The world is a different, crueler place after you see a 4 & 9 year old in torn clothes sleeping on a concrete path surrounded by cockroaches.

    http://i1.wp.com/www.streetchildadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Blog-Feb-7a.jpg


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    Tabnabs
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    If the Councils stopped selling publicly funded social housing to tenants, at a knock down price, we'd have a hell of a lot more kids in stable housing. It would also cost the taxpayer a lot less than subsidising "emergency" accommodation to a private landlord/business.


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    #30
    suicide_circus
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Do they have a home ?

    Ask their parents


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    Egginacup
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    Whosthis wrote: »
    Homeless in a hotel. The poor mites.


    You think they're lolling about in the penthouse suite of the Shelbourne and being waited on hand an foot by maids and butlers?


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