Two homeless men die in Cork over two week period

The deaths of two men who were staying in emergency accommodation in the city have sparked calls for official statistics to be collected on homeless deaths in Cork.

The Society of St Vincent de Paul’s (SVP) south-west regional coordinator Gerry Garvey confirmed to the Evening Echo that two service users of St Vincent’s Hostel had passed away in the last fortnight– one was found dead on-site and the other person passed away while outside the hostel.