A protester holds a sign on Grafton Street. Image: TheJournal.ie A protester holds a sign on Grafton Street. Image: TheJournal.ie HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE gathered in Dublin today to protest against homelessness and demand greater government action on the issue.The crowd moved down O’Connell Street and up Grafton Street after lunchtime today, with some bus services affected by the march.The protest in Dublin coincided with another anti-homelessness demonstration in Cork city today.
Some people carried signs saying “End Homelessness Now”, while one person held a sign that called for “more homes, less printers” – a reference to the controversy over the procurement of an €800,000 printer for the Oireachtas.People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Bríd Smith called it the “best march since water charges” on Twitter.Ahead of the Christmas season, charities have been highlighting the numbers of adults and children homeless in Ireland.
This week, the Dáil voted narrowly against a motion of no confidence in housing minister Eoghan Murphy. The Department of Housing also released homeless figures for October, indicating that there were 10,514 individuals homeless – an increase of 117 on September’s figures.
Thousands get your facts right
IRELAND 2040 , one million new Irish
Import more people. Leo is best for the Irish
Stop housing every Tom, Dick and Nigerian
LeoVaradkar cost the lives of Irish women when he refused to bring in mandatory disclosure to protect his bundies, he doesn't care about irish homeless as you can't virtue signal there to the EUHitlers
Housing 'crisis' can't and won't be fixed with an open border globalist agenda. Politicians are failing.
Another protest . Protest all we want they're not listening. Futile exercise.
Dont waste yer time marching election coming dont vote for either big party's thats how yee win but as usual yee will vote for them yee saps
He’s what in Cork is called a LANGER
Top comment 'Free House' nonsense from anonymous account created in October. No tweets and no followers. Homelessness is nothing to do with lazy people. There has never been lower unemployment and higher homelessness.
Sack Spud Murphy
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It's more purposeful to keep public protest impersonal. Life's more complex than to be reductio ad individuum.
It's shouldn't be hundreds that protest, thousands should get out on the streets and protest against the government's failed policy!
The accidental leader of this country has failed the people
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