Dinner came warm in a tinfoil container and Rodney ate it sitting alone in a church pew. December sunlight shone weakly through the stained glass as he sat finishing his meal. He is homeless and his feet were sore. "I've blisters because it's hard walking the streets," he said. Rodney, aged somewhere in his mid-40s, was one of a few people sitting and eating among the rows of wooden pews in the Church of Saint Mary of the Angels in Dublin's Smithfield. "It's strange to have a meal in a church. This is a place of peace and quiet and safety, so I show respect," he said.