Candlelit vigils to mark one year after death of homeless man near Dáil
Organisers of a rally on homelessness in Dublin today say not enough has been done since the death of Jonathan Corrie.
It is one year to the day since 43-year-old Mr Corrie's body was found in a doorway near the Dáil, sparking calls for change, candlelit vigils and a homeless summit.
Over €100m has been allocated by the Government in the last year to deal with homelessness and new rules have been introduced in a bid to control spiralling rents.
However, Mike Allen from Focus Ireland - one of the organisers of today's rally - said that it is not enough.
"There are a lot more emergency beds available for people who are homeless, and there are more plans to deliver social housing,"
"But there's very little additional social housing actually being delivered and people are much deeper in debt and there's a much greater competition for the available private homes that are there.
"Defiantly, the Government has tried to rise to the challenge, unfortunately the problem has grown faster than they are responding to it."
