Peter Mcverry
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St John Ambulance child sex abuse: ‘I remember not being believed’
- Social Affairs
- August 17, 2020, 06:00
Allegations of child sexual abuse made against a former senior member of St John Ambulance have been deemed to be founded, following an investigation (...)

How are Irish charities responding to the fundraising collapse from Covid-19?
- Irish News
- June 26, 2020, 11:32
Charities operating in Ireland are among the many sectors struggling due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Many have been forced to cancel k(...)

Woman homeless for 11 years finally gets a home of her own
- Social Affairs
- May 9, 2020, 01:00
Homeless for 11 years, and having slept on the streets, various hostels and in a woods, Anne Marie McEneaney never thought she would have a place to c(...)

Covid-19 cutting drug users and recovering addicts off from key supports
- Social Affairs
- April 1, 2020, 06:00
Derek (35) had been “stable, off heroin” for the past five months and was to start a residential detoxification programme next week. “I’d been worki(...)

Homeless in the Covid-19 era: ‘We all feel a bit queer, clammy, fluey’
- Health & Family
- March 28, 2020, 06:05
Earlier this week, this paper published a letter from four homeless men highlighting their difficulties self-isolating in the coronavirus crisis. One (...)

Coronavirus: Dublin accommodation sourced for homeless people
- Social Affairs
- March 26, 2020, 12:15
More than 650 apartments, hotel rooms and single-occupancy rooms have been sourced across Dublin for homeless people, and all emergency accommodation (...)

‘Worried’ homeless diabetic with nowhere to self-isolate sleeps in his car
- Social Affairs
- March 24, 2020, 14:46
Abden Yayaoui (53) is diabetic, underweight and homeless. Being “really worried” about coronavirus and with nowhere to self-isolate, he sleeps in his(...)

Housing crisis forcing 1,024 people to remain in direct provision
- Social Affairs
- March 23, 2020, 13:36
The number of people stuck in direct provision because they cannot get housing has increased by 65 per cent since the end of 2018. Figures from the D(...)

Coronavirus: Businesses dash to reinvent themselves in bid to survive
- Companies
- March 20, 2020, 05:40
When the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Ireland on February 29th, it confirmed the inevitable: that Ireland would not escape unscathed fro(...)

A Dublin church has opened its doors, and pews, to homeless people who need a place to eat during the coronavirus outbreak. St Mary’s of the Angels,(...)