People ‘should be marching’ to protest at homelessness

A leading campaigner on homelessness has said the plight of children growing up without homes is an evil that the public should be on the streets marching to oppose.

Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, president of Focus Ireland, was speaking as she launched the most urgent Christmas appeal the charity has ever had to make.

“The problem is much worse than what it was last year. This year we have over 3,000 children in bed and breakfasts. It’s awful, it’s devastating, it’s shocking,” she said.