‘No other person should die like Josef’

One of the priests involved in the care of the late Josef Pavelka says we must ensure that no other homeless person in Ennis dies in similar circumstances.

‘No other person should die like Josef’

Mr Pavelka, 52, came to national attention when it emerged he and a friend had been living in a public toilet in the Co Clare town. His body was found in the town on Saturday night.

Fr Ger Fitzgerald, said: “Could we have done more? I can only speak for myself in that sense and say, perhaps, but I believe it is more important to mourn the passing of a gentle human being and look to the future to ensure that it does not happen again.”

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