Beggar back on his feet after job offer from stranger

A man begging on the street in Cork city was so desperate he tried to break into the collection box of a candle shrine in a church — but, thanks to the kindness of strangers, his life may be about to change, writes Liam Heylin of the Irish Examiner.

Christopher Jones, 24, had been getting into difficulty with gardaí for repeatedly begging on the streets to pay for his heroin addiction.