As 2021 is starting to look a lot like 2020, concerns are growing for the vulnerable people living on Dublin’s streets after 57 lost their lives last year.
As 2021 is starting to look a lot like 2020, concerns are growing for the vulnerable people living on Dublin’s streets after 57 lost their lives last year.
A review is being carried out into the increase in deaths in a year marked by a number of tragic events involving homeless people.
A man from Eritrea was paralysed when his tent was cleared by a digger from the banks of the Grand Canal last January; in September, a 39-year-old man was found dead in a laneway after suffering serious injuries to his head; while two rough sleepers died in the Phoenix Park over the Christmas period.
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