World of Politics with Harry McGee

I remember vividly the moment when we realised that the crisis facing Ireland was no longer an economic one but one of homelessness and lack of housing.

It was after a homeless man was found dead after a cold night at the start of December 2014, during the morning rush-hour on a doorstep in Molesworth Street no more than 30 metres away from Leinster House.

For a few hours, the dead man possessed nothing, not even a name. Later his identity was revealed as Jonathan Corry, a 43-year-old homeless man, originally from Carlow.

The news prompted a widespread........

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