Reading the report on the death of a homeless man on December 7 by Louise Hogan I am mindful of the death of Pauline and Danny in a derelict site in Benburb Street in December 1992 and all the publicity that followed. Now 19 years on, what has changed? Millions of taxpayers’ money has been spent, more reports have been produced, more experts have more...
You can listen to the podcast here on the RTE website. This week, Miriam O Callaghan meets Alice Leahy, co founder of the homeless charity Trust, and her husband Charlie Best. Charlie was working as a taxi driver when he first met Alice who often used the taxi when visiting hostels or bringing homeless people to hospital. She noticed his kindness to more...
CARL O’BRIEN, Chief Reporter HOMELESS PEOPLE in Dublin city centre are increasingly being advised to return to the local authority areas where they last resided, due to growing pressure on emergency services, according to campaigners. Trust, which has been providing services for the past 35 years, says the policy is exacerbating the homeless problem more...
Alice Leahy, Director of TRUST will be on RTE 1 radio ‘Miriam Meets’ Sunday 4th December at 10.00am more...
