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Women in homelessness face unique challenges – how we can help

Opinion

Women in homelessness face unique challenges – how we can help

https://www.facebook.com/619175434780049/photos/pb.619175434780049.-2207520000.1451932805./1011948528836069/?type=3&theater I write this from the comfort of my couch, warmed by the fire, and utterly aware that this is a privilege. Last Wednesday on the Opinion Line, we spoke to Stephanie McCarthy, a mother of five from Gurranebraher who faces eviction on Christmas Eve. If or when the McCarthy family are forced to [...]

2018-12-01T09:55:14+00:00 January 4th, 2016|Categories: Opinion|Tags: addiction, Cork Simon, domestic violence, Government, homelessness, housing, little christmas, mental health, policy, solidarity, women, women's christmas|

Homelessness: Not intractable, not inevitable

Opinion

Homelessness: Not intractable, not inevitable

It’s not news to anyone by now that there is a housing crisis. There is a homeless crisis. There is a rental crisis. There are 1500 men, women and children in Ireland homeless who need our help, today. After the death of Jonathan Corrie before Christmas last year, we were told the Government understood there was [...]

2018-12-01T09:55:46+00:00 October 2nd, 2015|Categories: Opinion|Tags: 96fm Opinion Line, Bill Walsh, Budget 2016, Cork Simon, dereliction, homeless forecast, homelessness, housing, Michael Noonan, phone in radio, photographs, policy, Simon Week, tax|