‘Awful indictment on our community’

A community leader yesterday warned that two homeless men currently living in public toilets in Ennis will die unless they can access state services.

‘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.”

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