Homeless at Christmas - An Investigation

im watching it now.he should have worn other shoes , the ones he is wearing are to new for homless. ban garda is a bitch saying that to him. i know he shouldnt be begging at cash point but she was quit crude.

Biggest kip in the world! Good man Garda!

Mister men wrote: »

Worst homeless undercover bloke ever.

at least he is out there for tv land people. hope the two guards see them selves being pricks on tv3.

baldbear wrote: »

I just tuned in. What did the guards say? Looks fairly interesting so far.

she and another male guard come up to him while he was begging at a cashpoint she just stuck into him saying ''what are you doing here heh. your bothering the people here ,where are you from? jerome said england , male guard said what are you doing in dublin begging all the way from england . ''go on from here , where am i to go jerome said ive only just sat down.

Anyone know if this will be available to watch online, sounds very interesting so want to watch it from the beginning.

Im watching this at the moment.

I have to say I think the priest was an absolute disgrace to his collar (as they all are:rolleyes:). he had little or no interest in the homeless guy, gave him 20euro and sent him on his way. Matt seemed pleased with the amount of money he got but god, the priest showed no compassion whatsoever.

I walk up the quays in dublin every day...and see loads of beggars and I'm always conscious that some will only want money for drugs or drink. I still give to them...but often wonder who I should give to?

Thargor wrote: »

You missed the best bit, the male guard said "of all the cities you could have gone to you chose the biggest kip in the world"

ooops i was to busey posting on this .:o

baldbear wrote: »

I'd disagree. I'd say that priest has alot of beggers approach him and €20 is a decent amount to give out. There are alot of good priests out there.

Jaysys he spent €9 on a breekie! Posh begger.

But what about opening up a conversation with him...asking him why he was homeless etc?? I thought priests were all about compassion and understanding. It was like 'Here's 20euro, now get out of here'. The priest didn't actually say that, but it was very obviously, what he meant.

He did a fairly good job alright. But a lot of the homeless people, are addicts and so if they get money, when they wake up they are too sick for food, go and get drink/ drugs, hang around for the day and fill in the time between the next drink/high... A lot of services have been cut off for homeless people. I know a lot of people are wary of giving money to homeless people, but a sandwich or whatever can be more helpful... Homelessness is a very comlpex situation, and Jerome, while he did a good job at portraying some of the problems and obstacles that people face, he was not battling an addiction or problem of another sort.

Anyways, a good organisation to look into is the Father Peter McVerry Trust if anyone is interested. That man doesn't get an ounce of the recognition he deserves for his work!

/rant

but the young lad that gave him a bottle of fizzy orange and chatted to him for few mins. then the chemist gave him ventilon for free. the eatery was what i exspected would happen and the barman.

Available to watch on tv3.ie now.

I was surprised Boots were able to give out a free inhaler aswell, hope the chemist doesnt get in trouble for it.