'There will be more deaths on the streets of Cork': Charities fear for homeless people's lives

The leaders of two organisations working with homeless people speak out after two men die in the city centre

A vigil was held in Cork City last week for Leon Kavanagh, the second homeless man to die on the streets of Cork in a week, after 51-year-old Roman Burzynski. Picture courtesy of Kayleigh Lawless

Last Thursday, Leon Kavanagh, the second homeless man to die in Cork in under two weeks, was laid to rest.

He was found unconscious on Coburg St in the city centre on the previous Friday night, and was brought to the Mercy Hospital. Saturday was his 31st birthday. He died in the early hours of last Monday.