Fr Peter McVerry on homeless crisis: 'We are no longer shocked...We should be outraged'

The photo of a five-year-old boy shown eating his dinner from a sheet of cardboard on a Dublin street last week was an “Emperor has no clothes” moment for the Government regarding their failure to combat homelessness, according to Fr Peter McVerry.

Speaking during a visit to Penny Dinners in Cork Fr McVerry emphasised the "loss of a sense of outrage" about homelessness in Irish society.