'All I want is a bit of companionship' - Homeless Limerick man describes how his friends died of overdoses

A man has described how he is the last person sleeping in a homeless campsite, after two friends who slept in tents beside him died of drugs overdoses.

David South has slept in a one-man tent in a derelict shed in Limerick every night for the past five months.

Speaking at the filthy freezing squat, he pleaded for the government to help provide more accommodation for the homeless community.