Peter Mcverry
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Failure to solve housing crisis would see FG and FF ‘massacred’, McVerry warns
- Social Affairs
- March 11, 2020, 21:31
Housing campaigner Fr Peter McVerry said he takes heart from the fact that a Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael coalition government would have to fix the housing (...)

Homeless services ramp up coronavirus precautions
- Social Affairs
- March 6, 2020, 17:39
Homeless services were ramping up precautions against coronavirus as the HSE issued “guidance for homeless and vulnerable groups” to operators of “hos(...)

Record amount of money raised in 2019 Black Santa Christmas appeal
- Religion & Beliefs
- February 20, 2020, 20:31
A record € 45,000 was donated to the 2019 Black Santa Appeal last Christmas at St Ann’s Church on Dublin’s Dawson Street. Vicar of St Ann’s, Canon Dav(...)

Challenging the decision-makers: Three housing questions to ask canvassers
- Opinion
- February 4, 2020, 01:00
Homelessness is affecting every parish in the country. With 40,000 households more than two years in arrears on their mortgage payments, one in 10 hou(...)

Churches urge urgent political action on housing crisis
- Religion & Beliefs
- January 30, 2020, 20:21
A Catholic bishop has described the homeless crisis as “a scandal” which must “be addressed with urgency by any incoming Government”. Bishop of Rapho(...)

Number of homeless people drops below 10,000
- Social Affairs
- January 29, 2020, 18:15
Figures showing a fall in the number of homeless people to below 10,000 for the first time in almost a year have been widely welcomed. The latest da(...)

Rite&Reason: Grace is our pathway to doing right thing every day
- Opinion
- January 28, 2020, 01:00
Grace is “a thought that changed the world”. So sang U2 in Grace, a track on their 2000 album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. It is an audacious clai(...)

The 2020 news before it happens: trials, elections, festivals
- People
- January 4, 2020, 06:00
January January 1st: European Commission deadline for Ireland’s National Energy and Climate strategy. With high per-capita greenhouse gas emissions, (...)

Public has limited sympathy for children locked in poverty
- Social Affairs
- December 21, 2019, 06:00
We like to think of ourselves as a generous nation that is more sympathetic than most to the plight of those locked in poverty. But are we really? In(...)

Varadkar defends Government care strategy amid chemotherapy delays for children
- Health
- December 14, 2019, 17:27
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended his Government’s record on paediatric care, after it emerged children are having chemotherapy sessions cancelled d(...)