Thousands of children facing homelessness this Christmas is 'black stain' on society, says Sr Stan

Focus Ireland founder Sr Stan. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

Child homelessness is a “black stain” on Ireland, and everybody needs to reflect on that this Christmas, according to campaigner Sr Stan.

She described the plight of more than 2,500 children in emergency accommodation this year as an “absolute disgrace”, saying that child homelessness is a “terrible and shameful” phenomenon of modern Irish life because successive Irish governments have effectively stopped building social housing.