Immigration isn't driving homelessness. So we are told. But the observable facts speak for themselves. Yes, it's true the government bring people in and look after them. They also bring people in and abandon them. This means natives (who already have nothing) have to compete for scarce resources like housing. This article is at pains to point out that what these people have in common is homelessness. It doesn't, however, point out that no Irish person should have homelessness in common with anyone from anywhere else. Natives by birth right should be housed first as a priority. As should be the case for every non national: they have a right to be housed by birthright too. In their own lands. It's heading into 2026, and this country is a disaster. By design. Is this how you pictured "the future"?
This article ALSO does not point out that Irish people MUST prove they are homeless (through documentation like a letter from their last landlord) and must provide photo ID to access homeless services and the housing list (through the Councils). Non nationals do not have to provide anything like this. This puts Irish people once again on the backfoot.
On a side note, it's tragic to think people experiencing homelessness are "choosing" to sleep rough on cold, hard winter weathered ground because homeless services are so rife with drink and drugs. Risking ones life in order to save ones life... that's a sad reality for some. The average age of death for men in homelessness is 42. The average age for women is 39. Largely due to the harshness of this lifestyle and its physical and psychological impact on the body and mind. In 2021, 115 people died while rough sleeping. More than died solely of C◇v!d in the same year. My source for this is a CSO Freedom of Information response. They acknowledge that 88 people died solely of C◇v!d in 2021. The CSO also noted in their response to me that they do not officially keep stats on the numbers of people dying on our streets. Every life matters, eh?
We can close the country and declare a national emergency for fewer deaths than 115. So why haven't we done the same regarding these rough sleeper deaths? The media, since then, has continually undereported rough sleeper deaths. Society also tends to not acknowledge such deaths, applying a "Lerner World Theory" to such passings. This is also known as The Just World Theory. People who subscribe to this theory tend to feel like bad situations only happen to those who deserve them. While it is true that many on homelessness have addiction issues, sometimes these addiction issues develop AFTER the onset of their homeless situation began. Furthermore, if better and more accessible services were put in place (to help