Peter McVerry attacked

Eh, when it comes to assault one individual has always gotten to decide if it is a crime or not.

Strange one. No problem that he doesn't want to press charges, but

• injuries minor
• Gardai not called
• request for privacy

So had did the news come into the Public Domain in the first place if not from him or someone from the Trust?

Seems like someone did want some attention. hardly shocking news that a druggie/alco would be aggressive on occasions.

If he doesn’t make a statement/complaint their hands are tied.

im sure we’ll all be indebted to this McVerry lad when this urchin tries to do the same thing to another unsuspecting citizen… who might get the shît knocked out of them or worse.

There is no end to Fr McVerry's love for his fellow humans.I would find it impossible to be so forgiving.

That’s not the way criminal investigations, prosecutions, or Irish law, works at all, nothing to do with boxing. There’s nothing to stop Gardaí investigating this incident as a criminal matter and recommending pursuing a prosecution to the DPP. It isn’t worth pursuing is all because it isn’t necessary and would simply be a waste of everyone’s time and Garda and Courts resources.

There's also no end to the distain in which he's held. It's fine to SAY you want to help people, but actually living it and DOING the work is always cause for unrelenting criticism.

I'm not sure I've ever read criticism of him and not thought 'WTF has McVerry actually done wrong here?'.

I think the main thing he does wrong is do a very unpleasant job which requires a lot of qualities most people like to think they possess but actually don't come near to possessing. Much easier to call him a gobshyte than honestly admit he's doing seriously difficult work which most of us (myself included) would never do.

McVerry is more responsible for the business of homelessness than anyone else in this Country including the Governments of this Country over the last 40 years.

I'm sorry he has been assaulted however now he might understand how the underpaid over worked staff of the McVerry Trust feel every single night working without proper support structures there to protect them from assaults

Go work for his Trust and find out for yourself.

You do that.

The idea of homelessness as a business is hardly news to anybody, and has been discussed before on here.

The McVerry Trust income in 2019 was €46.7 million. In 2020 it was €56.4 million. From their own report: https://pmvtrust.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PeterMcVerryTrust-Annual-Report-2020-Online.pdf

Operational expenses in 2020 were €44m. How much of that is salary? I wouldn't like to guess.

The report also shows reserves in 2020 of €45 million, an increase of €12m on 2019.

And thats just one charity! There are a lot of businesses that would love to have an income of €56 million per year, to have reserves of €45 million!

A lot of people are going to be very disappointed should the homelessness issue ever get solved.