‘Awful indictment on our community’

Josephine O’Brien of the Homeless Education and Learning Project in Ennis has known the 58-year-old Czech Josef Pavelka and 35-year-old Polish man Peter Baram since 2008.
The two are alcoholics and Ms O’Brien said: “I fear for them. They will die if the rules aren’t changed to allow them avail of statutory services. Josef has health issues and sleeping in a toilet will only make it worse.”