Case of woman sleeping under skip bag in Cork 'reflects harsh reality of homelessness'

Tánaiste and homelessness campaigners respond to case of a woman found sleeping under a bag near a vacant council house

Cork City Council workers discovered that a woman had been sleeping under a skip bag in the Friar’s Walk area of the city, just metres from where a council bungalow has been lying vacant for almost a year. 

The discovery of a woman sleeping rough under a Skippo waste bag is a sad reflection of the harsh reality of life on the streets, campaigners working on the frontline of homelessness have said. 

The Irish Examiner reported  on Friday how the woman was found in the Friar’s Walk area of the city just metres from a council home which has been vacant for almost a year.