Alice Leahy

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Volunteers with Inner City Helping the Homeless in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Dave Meehan
Locals set up new support group for homeless

A 17-year-old boy begging outside Spar on Dame Street, Dublin, two couples bedded down at Liberty Hall, five men with sleeping bags inside the railing(...)

Trust director Alice Leahy: “We are now coming across conditions long disappeared since the advent of good food, eg malnutrition, trench foot and impetigo – conditions clearly associated with extreme poverty.” Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Malnutrition found in Dublin homeless, conference told

Conditions associated with malnutrition are now becoming evident among the homeless in Dublin, according to Alice Leahy, director of Trust the home(...)

On average, six people who are new to homeless services are presenting on a daily basis in Dublin
Civil Defence called in to assist with homeless crisis

The Civil Defence has been called in to help authorities cope with Dublin’s growing homeless problem by providing additional emergency beds.The number(...)

Dealing with homelessness: Janet, who now lives in transition accommodation. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Women: the hidden homeless

Nadia's story “I don’t want that [my mother] knows I am homeless, because her heart is very sick. If she knows that I have very big trouble for(...)

Homeless people being failed by system which 'lacks compassion'

Homeless people who are provided accommodation are often ending up back on the streets due to poor supports and a sense of isolation from the wider co(...)

Hard times: Henryk Piotrowski. Photograph: An Garda Síochána
A death in a Dublin bin truck

It used to be easy enough to find Henryk Piotrowski. Even in the rough and tumble world of homelessness his days were carefully measured out in visits(...)

Trust co-founder Alice Leahy says that for many migrant homeless people there is no stability. “They’re often not eligible for social welfare and they can’t access mainstream homeless services, so they have to ring up a freephone number every day and there’s no guarantee of a bed.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Polish man crushed to death in bin 'let down by system'

Henryk Piotrowski came to Ireland several years ago in search of a better life.He left his friends and family behind in Poland. But alcoholism, couple(...)

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