Heightened Pressure For Ireland’s Homeless Services

Viral is a podcast series looking at the spread of COVID - 19, as it continues to affect Ireland and the International World in growing capacity.  Homelessness and housing were the second most important issues behind health in the Irish General Election last February, and now more than ever before, the COVID - 19 crisis is a very precise juncture where these social and political issues link. Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin's spokesman on housing and TD for Dublin Mid-West gives his take on the shortcomings of Ireland’s approach to aiding the homeless population during the pandemic. Pat Doyle CEO of The Peter McVerry Trust sheds light at their challenges ahead and substantial wins so far, and Lorna Siggins unveils shocking revelations about several asylum seekers who have been turned away from their accommodation upon release from hospital after positive COVID - 19 diagnoses. Produced by UrbanMediaHosted by Ian DoyleMusic by Psykick Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.