Woman, 81, found wandering streets of Dublin by homeless volunteers after hospital discharge

The woman was found, in a freezing and very distressed state, outside the GPO on O’Connell Street shortly after 9pm by a homeless volunteer who runs a soup kitchen for the homeless every Thursday night.

Woman, 81, found wandering streets of Dublin by homeless volunteers after hospital discharge
Fri, 10 Jan, 2020 - 18:40
Sarah Slater

- with reporting from Cianan Brennan

A 81-year-old woman was found homeless and wandering the streets of Dublin streets on Thursday night after being discharged from hospital.

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CourtsHomelessnessPlace: DublinPlace: O’Connell StreetPlace: Dublin streetsPlace: IrelandPerson: Cianan BrennanPerson: Irene Cody MurphyPerson: Lord MayorPerson: Independent councillorPerson: Christy BurkePerson: CllrPerson: BurkePerson: Cody MurphyPerson: IrenePerson: Minister for HousingPerson: Eoghan MurphyPerson: Louise O’ReillyPerson: John Mark McCaffertyOrganisation: Simon CommunityOrganisation: Dublin City CouncilOrganisation: Department of HousingOrganisation: Simon CommunitiesOrganisation: HSEOrganisation: Sinn FéinOrganisation: Threshold
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