Tom Honan

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Shannon Smith, Shauna Reilly, Mellisa McCann and Zainab Joy Ibrahim in Merchants Quay’s night cafe: last year the shelter catered for more than 2,100 people, its highest figure since it was established in 2015 Photograph: Tom Honan
Merchants Quay: ‘When they’re asleep we leave their gift at the end of their mat’

For the first time in three years, Merchants Quay Ireland employee Sandra O’Brien won’t be working on Christmas Day. Ms O’Brien, from Inchicore, has (...)

Marcus Coster, who is homeless and using emergency accommodation, and Fr Seán Donohoe at the Capuchin Day Centre, Bow Street, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan
An Post donating 18,000GB of data across 2,000 SIM cards to charities

Marcus Coster (23), who has been in and out of homelessness since he was 15, says he has “basically no contact at all” with his family and friends due(...)

Artist Ana Martinez with her wall-hanging, ‘Miracle, which featured in Dublin Simon Community’s art exhibition at Temple Bar Gallery. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times
‘When you are creating you are no longer a victim’

Homelessness is not just about not having your own bed to sleep in at night. It is also about not having a community of people whom you feel safe with(...)