Madam, While much attention has rightly been focused on the Polish president’s inexcusable remarks about gay people, his failure to even mention those of his fellow countrymen who have ended up homeless on our streets is equally depressing. We have contacted the Polish embassy to ensure it is fully aware of the nature and scale of the problem. more...
TRUST has elected Joe Dowling chairperson of its board of Trustee. A longstanding member of the board he succeeds the late Professor James McCormick who served for many years until his untimely death recently. Joe Dowling is a barrister and lecturer in law and criminology at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He is a former Garda Chief Superintendent more...
Madam, I want to strongly endorse Fr Peter McVerry’s letter of (February 10th, pointing to the serious shortage of emergency accommodation for homeless people. This issue was also raised recently by Impact and Siptu, the trade unions representing community welfare officers, and we too have been saying the same for some time. This should come as more...
Madam, The headline over Muiris Houston’s column about the late Prof James McCormick – “A great loss to medicine” – was very apt (Health Supplement, January 30th). He will also be missed for his work over many years with those who found themselves as outsiders in society. Active in Trust since shortly after it was founded more...
