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VIDEO: One month after homeless man Jonathan Corrie's death, has anything changed?

It’s just over a month since homeless man Jonathan Corrie passed away in a doorway, meters ...
Newstalk
Newstalk

09.21 8 Jan 2015


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VIDEO: One month after homeles...

VIDEO: One month after homeless man Jonathan Corrie's death, has anything changed?

Newstalk
Newstalk

09.21 8 Jan 2015


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It’s just over a month since homeless man Jonathan Corrie passed away in a doorway, meters away from Leinster House.

His death led to an emergency summit on homelessness that was attended by representatives from various interest groups.

A number of measures were decided upon, including promises of beds for every homeless person by Christmas, and local authorities in Dublin were directed to put 50% of all new housing allocations towards vulnerable groups. But have the promises been fulfilled?

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Newstalk reporter Richard Chambers spent last night on the streets with Inner City Homeless. He spoke to Sharon, a homeless woman sleeping on Dublin's streets, who explained: "Nothing has changed. People were nice for about a week. Everybody got a bed for about a week and that was it.

"...If John [Jonathan] had died around Stephen's green park, you would have heard nothing. It would have been brushed under the carpet."


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